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Bequest Comprise Bulk of 2008’s Top Ten Gifts

Posted March 1st, 2009

In recently released articles on the top gifts of 2008, Slate magazine and the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported that seven of the top ten charitable gifts last year came in the form of bequests from estates. The Slate 60, the listing which tracks the largest charitable gifts of the year in America, also found that …Read More

Brother, Can You Spare a Million?

Posted March 1st, 2009

By now we all know of one or more organizations or individuals whose “rags to riches” story has become “riches to rags.” Large amounts of wealth have, indeed, been lost in recent months—much, though certainly not all of it, by those at the top. Many nonprofit institutions and individuals have in some cases lost 30% …Read More

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