Our 2017 Annual Report is now available. It was a record-breaking year for our donors who used their charitable funds to grant more than $400 million to their favorite charities. We opened more donor-advised funds than ever before, worked with professional advisors to manage their clients’ charitable assets, and helped companies of all sizes create or expand their corporate giving programs. …
The word “rural” can be hard to define. For many, the word conjures up images of rolling hills and vast farmland, tiny towns steeped in deep history and tradition. For some, it might mean the decline of a close-knit community brought on by advances in technology and the draw of bigger towns and cities nearby. A fluid definition is fitting …
Charitable giving is sometimes hard for little ones to understand. However, when introduced with entertaining illustrations and language that is easy to understand, children are more likely to catch on. Here is a short list of books that introduce the concept of giving and generosity to add to your child’s book collection. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein This short …
While Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been around since the 1950s, its importance and practice took hold much later. The basis of what we consider to be the modern definition of CSR is rooted in Archie Carroll’s “Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility.” In this Pyramid, a corporation has four types of responsibilities. The first and most obvious is the economic …
