Retirees are expected to donate about $6.6 trillion in cash and $1.4 trillion in volunteer services during the next 20 years as baby boomers retire, according to a report released today. People give at higher rates after they retire, soRead more…
How Much Should I Give? And 8 Other Questions Every Giver Should Ask
How much should I give? Is there a percentage, an amount, a formula or something else? “How much” is a question we all ask. We ask it every time there’s an offering at church, a fund-raising dinner for a ministry, orRead more…
European foundation sector report highlights diversity
Across Europe organizations celebrated the work of philanthropy and foundations on European Day of Foundations and Donors earlier this month. The day – 1 October — highlighted the work of public benefit foundations in Europe and promoted the idea ofRead more…
Schwab Report Shows Where Donors Gave $1 Billion in Fiscal 2015
In the first report in its 15-year history of its fund holders’ preferences, Schwab Charitable sheds some light on the $1 billion in grants it made in the fiscal year that ended June 30. During fiscal 2015, the fund madeRead more…
Gospel Patrons Free Download
Gospel Patrons are people who believe that a great life is not measured by what we gain, but by what we give our lives to accomplish. Gospel Patrons tells three stories of Gospel Patrons whose generosity was a catalyst for greatRead more…
7 Ways To Be Radically Generous
Generosity is always a risk. There’s always something else you could do with your money, always a worst case scenario you could plan for. But for those of you willing to take the risk, step into the unknown with God, and loveRead more…
Giving Can’t Save the World
Since the global fight against poverty began gathering steam in the years following the Second World War, the rich nations of the world have invested two-and-a-half trillion dollars in ‘development’ in the form of philanthropy or overseas development assistance. YetRead more…
Servanthood: Our money – or our lives?
[Jesus] sat down and called the twelve disciples over to him. Then he said, “Anyone who wants to be the first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.”Mark 9:35 It’s hard to glamorize the disciples ofRead more…
Compass eBooks
Your Compass Books Are as Close as Your Phone Compass eBooks are electronic versions of our popular small group studies. They are packed with features we cannot provide in a hard-copy book. The eBooks feature: Downloadable practical applications Bible versesRead more…
Where Do Men and Women Give? Gender Differences in the Motivations and Purposes for Charitable Giving
This study seeks to explore gender differences in the purpose and motivations for charitable giving. We analyze new waves of data from the Philanthropy Panel Study, the Bank of America/U.S. Trust Studies of High Net Worth Philanthropy, and the MillionRead more…