with Aviva Shiff Boedecker At the Northern California Planned Giving Council’s Annual Conference in May, Sharpe Group Senior Consultant Aviva Shiff Boedecker participated in a panel discussion on marketing trends in planned giving. The following is a summary of the questions the panel received along with her responses. Q: Are there any absolute “must dos” …Read More
Earlier this year, Give & Take reported that U.S. household net worth grew by 14 percent, or $9 trillion, in 2013. The good news continues in 2014. In its latest release, the Federal Reserve revealed that U.S. household net worth gained $1.5 trillion in the first quarter of 2014 to reach a new record high …Read More
After peaking in 2007 at $349.5 billion (adjusted for inflation), charitable giving in America experienced a sharp decline in 2008 and 2009 during the Great Recession and financial crisis. Since then, a gradual recovery in giving has been underway. The recently released Giving USA 2014 report reveals that the giving recovery continued in 2013, with …Read More
By Barlow Mann Did you know that, according to the latest figures from the Internal Revenue Service, the average amount of a charitable gift of corporate stock is $63,779? Read on to learn more about the importance of noncash contributions from individuals—especially from older donors—each year. Stock gifts up 20 percent The most recent IRS …Read More