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How Guarantees Can Advance Community Development and Racial Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

For example, let’s say that a mental health nonprofit looking to build out its youth facilities has been unable to secure the needed construction loan due to a lender’s concerns about its ability to repay. Even when a guarantee is called, foundations may be able to categorize the payment as a charitable contribution.

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Asking For A Legacy Gift: 10 Practical Steps To Get Started

Bloomerang

Prior Charitable Giving : Donors who have previously made significant charitable contributions or steadily supported other organizations have already enjoyed the benefits of philanthropy. They may be more receptive to conversations about furthering their charitable legacy. (In

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Do lead naming gifts actually stimulate high-level philanthropy from other donors and is that what motivates HNWIs to make such charitable contributions? My research finds otherwise and implicates current legal constructs and fundraising practices that continue to privilege the self-interests of donors over beneficiaries and society.

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