America’s biggest donors gave $7.7-billion to nonprofits in 2013, with higher education and family foundations receiving the most money. This is a list of the 50 donors with further information on their giving through the different links on their namesRead more…
Generosity Exercises
The excellent ‘Generosity Exercises’ book by Gary Hoag invites Christians to explore passages in three sections: (1) the Old Testament, (2) the Gospels, and (3) the rest of the New Testament, the world of the Early Church. This format helpsRead more…
10 Planned Giving Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make
Only 50 percent of people have a will or estate plan. Without a plan, money God intended to fund Kingdom ministry will be directed elsewhere. Churches should be the one place Christians can go for advice and encouragement about allRead more…
Young Bankers Seek ‘Good Yield’ with their Own Nonprofits
The founders of the Resolution Projectdon’t dwell on generosity or charity when they describe why their nonprofit mentors and funds young leaders. They favor the language of finance. “We get good yield,” said Andrew Harris, the group’s 31-year-old vice chairman, who advisesRead more…
Doing Business 2014: Understanding regulations for small and medium-size enterprises
To increase overall amount to Kingdom-causes, Christians need to increase their income. This can be done through enterprise development. The attached world bank report ranks the relative ease of creating a new business in 189 countries, looking at such measuresRead more…
5 Nonprofit Trends to Watch in 2014
Among other obvious things, December is a time for reflection on the past year and predictions for the coming year. There have already been some great forecasts about what 2014 will bring the social change sector (here, here, and here). And asRead more…
The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost
Income inequality is surging. Economists warn of the dire consequences of this trend. The Great Divide Report from GlobalPost tries to uncover the ‘ground truth’ of inequality through the lenses of education, race, immigration, health care, government, labor and naturalRead more…
SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX
To truly advance social progress, we must learn to measure it comprehensively and rigorously. A rich framework for measuring the multiple dimensions of social progress is indispensable in clarifying its components, benchmarking success, and catalyzing improvement. The Social Progress IndexRead more…
Core Biblical Stewardship, generous living, Kingdom-focused giving and Kingdom-appropriate fund mobilisation resources No1
Some Christian leaders requested for a few core stewardship, generosity, giving and fund mobilisation resources that can easily be accessed. Attached are the first group of resources. Included is the Generosity Resources List with information on ministries, books, websites andRead more…
Future World Giving
Future World Giving is a webbased initiative that highlights the potential for opening up philanthropy to a rapidly increasing global middle class whose engagement in philanthropy could have a huge impact on society. There are interesting and valuable reports, articlesRead more…