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Measuring the Success of Your Family
For 2023, consider making some adjustments for your family. I often say that one of the simple ways to measure the success…
Start with Your Family Stories
Building great family culture starts with stories. Brad Grey of Walking the Text teaches a simple truth: in Jewish families, from birth…
Supreme Court Ruling Affirms the Importance of Donor Privacy
The U.S. Supreme Court last week delivered a win for donor privacy. The court ruled 6-3 that the California Attorney General’s requirement…
The Top Leadership Books of All Time?
I’m working on a project focusing on how the best leaders do not seem to follow “the rules”—they break with convention. As…
His Quiet Efforts Rescued Hundreds of Children
Some of the best generosity stories feature ordinary people who quietly do extraordinary things for others. Such is the story of Nicholas…
God Didn’t Answer My Prayer—I’m So Grateful
I don’t know about you, but but I find there’s a tremendous power in unanswered prayer. An experience at a critical point…
Anti-Asian Prejudice and the World of the Generous
I would never be inclined to think that my struggles were the same as other ethnic minorities. They were not. But they…
Where is the Capital Gains Tax Going?
President Biden calls his new spending plan the American Families Plan. As part of funding that plan he wants to double the…
21 Years!—6 Lessons on the Generosity Movement
I’m celebrating 21 years in the charitable giving world. When I started in June of 2000, we were on the front end of…
God’s 5 Surprising Rules for Royal Succession
Business owners and leaders are all over the board in their approach to succession. But did you know that God put together…
Do Private Foundations Hoard Wealth?
A look at the data on private foundations pushes back on the narrative that foundations are just sitting on billions of dollars…