This news put a HUGE smile on my face today– Bolder Giving, a remarkable organization which I first got to know a few months ago and blogged here, has just been awarded a three-year $675,000 challenge grant from the Gates Foundation.  This award will support the work the nonprofit does in educating people about how they can make philanthropy a way of life, giving boldly and generously to the issues and communities they care about.
Apparently, Bolder Giving’s revolutionary and...

I was a bit blown away by an online seminar I participated in last week. The theme was giving BIG. As in, giving away to charity as much as or more than you keep for yourself to live on. The concept intrigued me, and I thought… err… there is no way that masses of people would do this! A few altruistic angels, but… I just couldn’t get my head around it.
Take, for example, one of the seminar participants, Tom Hsieh. He and his wife have a one-year-old and live in L.A. with an average...