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How Warren Buffett’s Enormous Charitable Gifts Reflect His ‘Inner Scorecard’

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Buffett expresses his generosity by donating to foundations run by others. Longo Warren Buffett is surrounded by press and fans as he arrives at Berkshire Hathaways 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. Buffett expresses his generosity by donating to foundations run by others.

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MacKenzie Scott Sets New 'Open Call' to Donate $250 Million

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Glenn Gamboa, AP Business Writer Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Since 2019, when MacKenzie Scott pledged to donate the majority of her wealth, she has given more than $14 billion in unrestricted funds to 1,600 nonprofit organizations. According to Forbes, she is currently worth more than $26 billion.

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Alarming Trends Undercut Record Donations

The NonProfit Times

donors gave to nonprofits during 2023, according to data from Giving USA, is a high-water mark in terms of current dollars, and the amount exceeds pre-COVID-19 pandemic-giving, which peaked during 2019. The first full year of the pandemic, 2021, saw the highest amount of inflation-adjusted dollars donated. Levey The $557.2 billion U.S.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

federal government, corporations, and donations through donor-advised funds (DAFs) and online platforms. . upon 12 data sources, t he report documented $30 billion in private, public, corporate, and individual disaster-related giving to address major disasters and humanitarian crises that affected millions globally in 2019.

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How WSU Tech Reignited a Culture of Giving with Their 2024 Employee Donor Campaign

Blackbaud

Many of the employees who participated in that first campaign remain with the college today, still donating to the Foundation, a testament to the deep-rooted culture of giving at WSU Tech. From 2011 to 2019, employee donor participation steadily increased , reaching its peak in 2019. in donors each year.

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Product Update: Take Donations with ACH and Venmo

CauseVox

But what about donating, you ask? Yes, especially donating. There’s been a huge influx of donors paying with ACH and Venmo for a few reasons: it’s fast, easy, and secure for donors, that’s why nonprofits using these payment methods are seeing higher average donation sizes. donation with Stripe or PayPal).

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What Makes a Good Donate Button?

CauseVox

Here’s a surprising truth for a lot of nonprofit organizations: the donate button on your website is a really big deal! A good donation page is more than a pretty website: it can increase both your number of donors and the size of their donations. And it starts with your donate button. What Can A Donation Page Do?

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