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'We make a Living by what we get ... we make a Life ... by what we Give." Sir Winston Churchill

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Will Inflation and Aggressive Tax Policy Impact Your Charitable Planning Strategies? Part 1: Cushioning the Impact of Inflation

Will Inflation and Aggressive Tax Policy Impact Your Charitable Planning Strategies? Part 1: Cushioning the Impact of Inflation

Is it Time? Inflation is poised to ravage ‘cash based’ assets. Congress has approved and proposed in excess of $6.1 BILLION in new government spending (mostly not paid for) and new HIGHER TAXES for EVERYONE as he U.S. ‘Greenback’ value continues to slide. Is there a correction coming in the Stock Market? In Real Estate? Is it time to take profits from Stocks and Real Estate? But how to protect…

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Better serve your clients through charitable gift planning ... All year Long

Better serve your clients through charitable gift planning … All year Long

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A Story Celebrating Redemption, Forgiveness and Grace

Tiger Woods’ Story is in the Story of us ALL. When people make mistakes, struggle or disappoint … what’s our response when they atone, become humble and even … WIN? Personally, I could …

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A Story Celebrating Redemption, Forgiveness and Grace

A Story Celebrating Redemption, Forgiveness and Grace

Tiger Woods’ Story is in the Story of us ALL.

When people make mistakes, struggle or disappoint … what’s our response when they atone, become humble and even … WIN?

Personally, I could give you a lot of reasons why I am not a fan of Tiger  Woods. Indeed why I wouldn’t want him to win another Masters….or for that matter another tournament. I could lobby with reasons why he doesn’t “deserve” to…

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Funds are Flowing from Philanthropy to Investments - Is this a ‘Good Thing?’

Funds are Flowing from Philanthropy to Investments – Is this a ‘Good Thing?’

On the face of it, its a win-win. An investor can put their money into organizations that do good in the world and make a healthy profit in the process.

But what if, as research shows, this type of investing comes at the cost of charity? Funds earmarked for schools, hospitals or other popular philanthropist projects are being diverted into investment funds, which align themselves with certain…

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Engaging in Successful Rural Philanthropy

Engaging in Successful Rural Philanthropy

It’s a critical time for Rural America, but what do we know about it? There are 60 million rural people in the United States, roughly 19 percent of the nation’s population. Yet, the level of (under)investment by philanthropy in rural communities is still staggering—at less than 7% of all grantmaking.

The rewards of rural philanthropy for both communities and funders can be transformative in ways…

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Mission Possible: How to Create an Effective Return on Mission Strategy - Keeping donors in the loop

Mission Possible: How to Create an Effective Return on Mission Strategy – Keeping donors in the loop

When it comes to a nonprofit’s finances, the pressure is on – to provide better visibility into the financial health and sustainability of the organization, demonstrate that the organization is a good steward of funds, and demonstrate maximum impact for dollar spent. With organizations like Charity Navigator, Givewell and GuideStar giving donors more visibility into the financial effectiveness…

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Transparent loudspeakers and MICs that let your skin play music – Ultra-Thin Nanomembranes may help the Hearing and Speech Impaired

Their ultrathin, conductive, and transparent hybrid NMs can be applied to the fabrication of skin-attachable NM loudspeakers and voice-recognition microphones, which would be unobtrusive in appeara…

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Tiny camera lens may help link quantum computers to network

Kai Wang holding a sample that has multiple metasurface camera lenses. Credit: Lannon Harley, ANU An international team of researchers led by The Australian National University (ANU) has invented a…

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New micro-platform reveals cancer cells’ natural behavior

Fluorescence images of pancreatic cancer micro-tumors after overnight culturing. Papillary structures pile up on micro-attachment sites (diameter 30?m), with numerous cells visible per patch. The r…

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New Material For Splitting Water: Halide double Perovskites – “All the Right Properties” for creating Fuel Cells

Solar energy is clean and abundant, but when the sun isn’t shining, you must store the energy in batteries or through a process called photocatalysis. In photocatalytic water splitting, sunli…

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Penn State: Camouflaged nanoparticles deliver killer ‘knock-out’ protein to cancer

Extracellular vesicle-like metal-organic framework nanoparticles are developed for the intracellular delivery of biofunctional proteins. The biomimetic nanoplatform can protect the protein cargo an…

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Turbocharge for lithium batteries: A NEW Nanocomposite material that can Increase Storage Capacity, Lifetime and Charging Speed for Li-Io Batteries: 3X More Energy in ONE Hour

A team of material researchers has succeeded in producing a composite material that is particularly suited for electrodes in lithium batteries. The nanocomposite material might help to significantl…