Inspired Philanthropy
Your Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Giving Plan
Chapter One
Giving and
the nonprofit world
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Within six weeks of terrorists attacking the United States on September 11, 2001,
more than $1 billion had been donated to support the bereft families of the
approximately 3,000 victims of the attacks. Americans throughout the country poured
forth their help: donating blood, sending food, traveling to New York City to help sort
through the wreckage of the collapsed World Trade Center buildings, and counseling
those who grieved and mourned. Within days, the nonprofit sector-the Red Cross,
the United Way, community and private foundations-along with corporate America,
set up ways for their constituents, clients, and staff to express their sorrow and
despair through compassionate action and gifts to nonprofit organizations.
The nonprofit sector had never been more important as a means for expressing
concern through generous giving by people from all walks of life.
Why give? Charity, social maintenance giving,
and progressive philanthropy
People give for all kinds of reasons, from family tradition, ... read full excerpt from Inspired Philanthropy: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Giving Plan, 2nd Edition ebook
