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Do You Inform Donors Of These 2 Giving Opportunities?

Bloomerang

Today I want to look at two ways to promote philanthropy that are too-little used by the lion’s share of charities: Current tax incentives. The charitable deduction encourages Americans to give more to charity than they otherwise would. or older could gift no more than $100,000 annually from an IRA to charity, tax-free.

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[VIDEO] How to Talk about Legacy Giving Without Seeming Creepy

Bloomerang

In addition to being super active in her San Francisco nonprofit community, she also does a lot, including teaching a CFRE class. Nearly 70% of people make gifts to charity during their lifetimes but only 6% leave a bequest. That’s the number one reason people don’t give to charity period. Why is that?

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[VIDEO] First Steps to Nonprofit Strategic Planning, Now!

Bloomerang

Joining us from beautiful San Francisco, Dr. Renee Rubin Ross. How’s it going, doc? I identify as a white consultant, San Francisco Bay Area native, as Steven said. La Cocina is a San Francisco based nonprofit. So, for example, some of you may have heard of Charity Water. Hi, Shelton. .

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

Back in 1995, in the early days of the internet, a San Francisco innovator named Craig Newmark started a small email distribution list for friends, highlighting local events across the Bay Area. Consider, for example, the case of Instacart, an on-demand grocery delivery platform founded in San Francisco in 2012.

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