Quick Reference for Donor Education

Inspired Legacies

InspiredLegacies.org  713-527-7671
Inspired Philanthropy  InspiredPhilanthropy.org
Select Resources Tab in header, and scroll down for resources and handouts from the book.
Select Media/PR and then Past Press for articles, podcasts, and videos

 

Recent Articles by or about Inspired Legacies or Tracy Gary:
Drawing Out Donors’ Dreams By Ellen Uzelac, Research Mag, May 1, 2009
Through her work with advisors and their wealthy clients, Tracy Gary is creating the future.
http://www.researchmag.com/Issues/2009/May%201%202009/Pages/Drawing-Out-Donors-Dreams.aspx

Social Graces: The Upside of the Downside By Tracy Gary, Town and Country, May 2009
links

Bolder Giving (an affliate of Inspired Legacies/colleagues nationally with whom we work.)
See their inspired stories (click onto about 100 stories of donors who are giving at least 50% of income or assets.)
boldergiving.org/

Houston and Texas

Donor Houston, a resource of the Greater Houston Community Foundation
https://donoredge.ghcf.org
lists about 500 nonprofits in the Houston area.
for example, a link to the Council on Alcohol and Drugs. Click to the right on “View Profile”
https://donoredge.ghcf.org/secure/performBasicSearch.do

The Greater Houston Community Foundation
one of some 850 local community foundations around the United States.
start a donor advised fun or give directly.
who to give to?
what is needed?
how to give (ie checkbook, stock, annonymous, donor-advised fund, or foundation account)

United Way of Greater Houston
unitedwayhouston.org
ghcf.org/becoming-a-donor.php
justphilanthropy.org/resources/Philanthropy.pdf

Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
houstonjewish.org

Blogs on Philanthropy

Tactical Philanthropy
tacticalphilanthropy.com
Best books on philanthropy (a blog on giving done by an investment firm for outreach...smart..they are in NO. CA.) tacticalphilanthropy.com/bookstore

Gifthub
a blog on giving started by one of our advisors to Inspired Legacies, Phil Cubeta (Head of the Charitable Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP) program at the American College which gives out to advisor certifications.
Good news and his provocative perspectives on giving.
gifthub.org

Philanthropy 2173
blog on giving by Lucy Bernholz of Blueprint Media a phil. research org in San Fran.
philanthropy.blogspot.com/

Family Philanthropy and Foundations

National Center for Family Philanthropy
Great resources/books
ncfp.org

The Council on Foundations
a membership organization of the top 2000 foundations, those that give about 80% of all the money that foundations give.
cof.org
An article about their current CEO: Steve Gunderson http://www.alliancemagazine.org/node/1203

The Association of Small Foundations
If you had a foundation with fewer than 5 staff, this is a great education and membership organization that's national. They have about 3000 members.
http://www.smallfoundations.org/site/pp.asp?c=fvKRI7MPJqF&b=2309715

Grantmaker Resources

The National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers
Tracy Gary is a founding member
nncg.org

Just Give
an on line resource for researching nonprofits nationally and globally
justgive.org

Guidestar
like JustGive, has all the 990 tax forms of about 1.3 m nonprofits
guidestar.org

Global Giving
globalgiving.com

The Global Fund for Women
globalfundforwomen.org

Grantmakers without Borders
internationaldonors.org

Nonprofit Management

Board Source
Resources for nonprofit boards.
boardsource.org
 
Center for Nonprofit Management of Dallas
cnmdallas.org

Women and Young Donors

Women's Funding Network
144 women's funds nationally and globally
www.wfnet.org
 
The Women Donors Network
womendonors.org

Resource Generation
Resources for young donors or inheritors under 35 years old.
resourcegeneration.org

Youth Give
Giving for youth
youthgive.org

Venture Philanthropy and Microfinance

Social Venture Partners
svpi.org/
svpi.org/our-members/affiliates to search for local affiliates

Report on venture philanthropy
venturephilanthropypartners.org/learning/reports/report2002/intro.pdf

Kiva
making loans online to small businesses globally
Kiva.org