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Published 10/10/2024
Net Unrealized Appreciation: An Underused Tax Strategy for Reducing Employer Stock Taxes
Help your clients retire smarter by leveraging their net unrealized appreciation with their donor advised fund.
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Published 10/09/2024
Philanthropic Power: Couple’s Fund Drives Change in Youth and Housing Sectors
Learn how Curt & Timm are using their donor advised fund to support youth and family causes.
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Published 10/04/2024
Five Tips to Prepare Your Clients for End-of-year Giving
We’re here to help you and your client meet your year-end goals.
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Published 10/04/2024
Important Year-End Giving Dates for Donors
As you make plans for your 2024 year-end fund contributions and grant recommendations, please keep in mind these important dates.
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Published 9/12/2024
Can a Donor Advised Fund Simplify Estate Administration?
Here are four ways DAFs can streamline estate planning for financial advisors.
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Published 9/06/2024
Engaging Communities for Change Through Grantmaking
Learn how the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation is partnering with nonprofits, donors and anti-racism advocates to make a better Minnesota in this video with President and CEO Eric J. Jolly, Ph.D.
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Published 9/05/2024
Songs of Connection: Conductor Strives to Desegregate the Choral Community
Music is a universal language, and no one knows that more than Ahmed Fernando Anzaldúa El Samkary.
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Published 8/29/2024
Minnesota Couple’s Donor Advised Fund Cultivates a Brighter Future
Learn how Scott and Holly are transforming lives and landscapes with their charitable giving.
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Published 8/27/2024
Is a Donor Advised Fund with a Community Foundation Right For You?
Answers to the following six questions will determine if a donor advised fund may be right for you.
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Published 8/26/2024
The Charitable Gift of Life Insurance
Create a charitable legacy by donating a gift of life insurance.
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Published 8/23/2024
How to Turn Your Board Members into Your Biggest Advocates
Here are five tips for nonprofit board member recruitment, engagement and fundraising.
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Published 8/23/2024
Why Beneficiary Designations Should Be Part of Your Fundraising Plan
Beneficiary designations can be a great way for donors to leave a lasting legacy for organizations they love and support.
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Published 8/23/2024
How to Fund and Grow a Successful Endowment Fund
These tips on how to build and grow your nonprofit endowment fund come straight from nonprofits with a successful endowment fund.
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Published 8/23/2024
How A Legacy Letter Can Deepen Family Relationships
Legacy letters provide a peek at the past and a direction for the future.
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Published 8/18/2024
Helping Your Clients Donate Life Insurance
Help your clients build their charitable legacy with donations of life insurance.
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Published 8/16/2024
New Ways to Grow Your Nonprofit Endowment Fund
Learn how to grow your endowment fund by promoting charitable gift annuities.
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