Message From Your Favorite Charity: We Have a New Executive Director and We Hope You Will Meet Her Very Soon.

    Your favorite charity has just had a change in leadership - a major change. The executive director has moved on to a new opportunity, retired or just left. How does it impact your giving to that organization?

    In the last ten years I have coached a number of new executive directors. I almost always ask if they've had a chance to visit one on one with all their board members and major donors. Often the answer has been one of the following:

    "I've met the board members who attended the board meeting."

    "I haven't had a chance to meet donor Joe yet. Hope to at the next fundraiser."

    "If they have questions I'm sure they'll call me."

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Ancient Ladder of Giving Can Guide Modern Philanthropy

September 23, 2011   

by Bruce DeBoskey 

    More than 800 years ago, Moses Maimonides, known by many as Rambam, a rabbi, physician and philosopher, described eight rungs on the ladder of charitable giving. Remarkably, his approach is still pertinent to contemporary thinking about philanthropy.

    Spend a little bit of time with members of Tyler's Women's Fund and you will find 150 plus women very serious about identifying a few local nonprofit grants that will deliver impact. Twelve members of the fund have gathered today to hear presentations from six organizations selected from the original pool of 22 applications. Each organization hopes to convince the committee their idea will make an impact on the women or children they serve.