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  1. What’s your charitable niche?

    http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/purpose/whats-your-charitable-niche/

    In business you’re told to find a niche and fill it: define clearly what you’re all about, and focus on that one thing. I believe it should be similar when it comes to charity. I met today with a guy who has given several million dollars to a number of charitable causes over the past 25 years or so. …

    1 day ago
  2. Project-specific v. general/overhead/infrastructure charitable donations

    http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/giving/project-specific-v-general-overhead-infrastructure-charitabledonations/

    What do you get from the following personal letter Sarita and I received Monday from the president of one of the charities we support? I believe it raises some strategic questions major donors ought to be thinking about as they fund their favorite charities. …

    4 days ago
  3. What lessons can we learn from someone with a multi-billion-dollar fortune?

    http://www.strategicinheritance.com/blog/kids/what-lessons-can-we-learn-from-someone-with-a-multi-billion-dollar-fortune/

    Patricia Sellers, editor-at-large for Fortune magazine has written an inspirational and thought-provoking article about Melinda Gates and her perspective on Bill, working with Warren Buffett, and giving away their billions. …

    7 days ago