Jeffrey D. Byrne President + CEO By now we’re all aware of #GivingTuesday. Just wrapping up its fourth successful year, this incredible phenomenon has tapped into the brushfire energy of social media to successfully unite nonprofits, individuals, families, businesses and other organizations into a global giving movement we’ve not experienced before. Since its inception in 2012, this annual day of…
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The Future of Donor-Advised Funds How Can Charities Adapt to Donor's Shifting Giving Behaviors? The Giving Institute held its Autumn Meetings November 11-13 in Chicago. Jeffrey Byrne, President + CEO, is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of The Giving Institute, and also serves on the Giving USA Foundation Board. Jeffrey and fellow Giving Institute members planned and organized…
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Jeffrey D. Byrne President + CEO One of the biggest trends JB+A is seeing in fundraising is the impact of donor-advised funds. Nonprofits should be paying close attention to donor-advised funds and their impact on philanthropy. Did you know...? 1. Extremely significant amounts of money are being given to charities through donor-advised funds: the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation granted…
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Anne Corless Associate Consultant In last month's newsletter, we talked about the #GivingTuesday 2015 campaign for your nonprofit. So, you've downloaded the JB+A GivingTuesday_Toolkit_2015 and reviewed all the materials. "Now what?" you might ask. Before joining JB+A, I had an amazing opportunity to work in NYC for what has become one of the world's foremost e-commerce companies. Its incredible success was built through grassroots consumer-driven…
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Sandi Grimm Director of Administration It seems like yesterday when Jeffrey, returning from one of The Giving Institute’s Board meetings, told me about a brilliant new initiative to spur people to give during the holiday season. But it wasn’t yesterday. It was 2012, and we were about to launch into our first #GivingTuesday publicity push. What a simple yet grand…
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Jeffrey D. Byrne President + CEO The Giving Institute recently hosted its Summer Symposium in Boston, and I attended a very informative session on "The Charitable Landscape and Donor-Advised Funds" presented by Matt Nash, a Senior Vice President with Fidelity Charitable. I felt the presentation made a good case for donor-advised funds, and has helped me re-shape my thinking around…
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It's Not Always What It Seems - Case In Point: Eadie
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Something Nonprofit Organizations Need to Know
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The Crazy Season of College Football, Salaries and…Philanthropy?
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