If you own a private company, you might have a long list of things that keep you up at night. After you tick through budgets, employees, customers and competitors, is your exit strategy at the bottom of the list? If you’re not a late-night worrier, maybe you spend your nights dreaming of retirement, knowing that you’re working hard now to …
Esperanza Pallana, Executive Director of the Food and Farm Communications Fund, recently joined Gwen Wurst, a Senior Philanthropic Advisor at Greater Horizons for an insightful conversation on the power of participatory grantmaking and how the Fund is transforming our food systems. Relying on a donor-advised fund for administrative structure and support, the Food and Farm Communications Fund is able to …
With a donor-advised fund or other charitable investment accounts, you can easily set aside gifts of cash and publicly traded securities for your immediate or long-term grantmaking. Our team at Greater Horizons is equipped to handle more complex gifts to donor-advised funds, too, which means you can consider your full financial portfolio for your philanthropy. In this short video, President …
In a recent Forbes article, “Donor-Advised Funds and Charities: Partnering to Provide Lasting Support,” Greater Horizons President and CEO Debbie Wilkerson highlights the benefits and potential of donor-advised funds in enhancing charitable giving. The piece addresses the growing importance of donor-advised funds in the philanthropic landscape, specifically their tax advantages, flexibility, and ability to simplify and streamline the giving process. …
On February 6, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey near the northern border of Syria, followed by another 7.5 magnitude earthquake just nine hours later in the same region. The impact of this disaster is not yet fully known, but the World Health Organization estimates that at least 23 million people will be impacted in some way. At the …
Part III – Putting Together the Puzzle “Not everything that counts can be counted – and not everything that can be counted counts.” – Albert Einstein What counts when determining whether you will give to a nonprofit organization? What matters to you most? Is it the mission? Is it how they deliver programs and services? Is it who they are …
Part II – The Less is More Approach “I want to do fewer things, that are the right things, and I want to do them better.” – Unknown Regardless of asset size, all donors have limits to their time and monetary contributions. Not all things you value or want to engage in are attainable with meaningful impact. Rather than trying …
I often joke with people that in my former life, I was a college soccer coach because many people don’t understand what the job of collegiate coaching really entails or how the job connects to the work of countless other professions. During my time in college athletics, I also started my own sport psychology consultation business after working under some …
Learn how you can contribute to your fund to maximize the amount you give to charity. Options include donations of appreciated stock and complex assets, like real estate and privately held business interests. Corey Ziegler, vice president and corporate counsel, Greater Horizons, discusses the basic structure of a donor-advised fund and what types of assets can be donated to one. …
As we’re settling into a new year, some of us may be leaning into new routines and rhythms in an effort to better ourselves, our families, or our communities. As you’re fine-tuning your plans and vision for 2023, consider what your philanthropic goals look like and how you might alter your giving moving forward. Here’s a short list of things …
