A report recently released by The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University indicates that planned giving is the most effective form of fundraising in today’s environment. The “Philanthropic Giving Index” for December 2002 was sponsored in part by The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and The Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP). The report summarizes the …Read More

In last month’s issue of Give & Take we examined the underlying factors that motivate people to make charitable gifts: religion, social theory, political orientation, emotions, and economics and other factors. In reality, gifts are rarely motivated by just one of these concerns; they typically result from the complex interaction of several of these factors, …Read More