Why Donors Need Clearer Impact Reporting?
A donor taps “Give.” The payment clears, and a receipt lands in the inbox within seconds. Then a quiet question follows: what happens now?
Category: Purpose
What We Inherit, What We Pass On…
A few weeks ago, a reader named Gary shared a story with me that I haven't stopped thinking about. Walking through cities with his young children,…
What Actually Works for U.S. Nonprofits
Across this series, I've written often about what's broken in digital giving. This week, I want to flip the lens: what are the nonprofits with healthy…
The 91% Challenge: Widening the Lens of Global Generosity
I have spent a decade of my life inside philanthropy. A decade watching extraordinary generosity flow toward extraordinary causes. And yet one number has never stopped…
The Self That Was Always Giving
Beneath every donor's preferences, habits, and history, there is something older and quieter. A core. A version of the self that does not change with trends,…
The Quiet Surrender
There is a moment in the life of a committed donor that almost no one talks about. It is the moment they stop being themselves, at…
Who’s Really Giving?
Every act of giving is, at its core, an act of self-expression. The donor is not just transferring money to a cause. They are answering a…
Many Roads, One Generosity
There is no single road to meaningful philanthropy. There are many, and most donors never realize they are walking one.
From Donor to Owner
There is a quiet but profound difference between people who give and people who belong to what they give to.
The Crypto Giving Inflection Point
For years, crypto philanthropy was dismissed as a novelty, a niche behavior confined to early adopters and Bitcoin maximalists. In 2025, that view became untenable.
The Nonprofit’s Digital Dilemma
The previous posts in this series have explored digital giving from the donor's perspective, their psychology, their financial timing, their generational habits. But there is another…
Two Roads to Generosity
For analog generations, the philanthropy journey begins with an institution. A church, a university, a hospital. The donor trusts the organization first, then writes a check.…
The Donor Who Never Comes Back
A person makes their first digital donation. They feel something, a spark of purpose, a moment of alignment between who they are and how they spend.…
What If Your Bank Knew You Were Generous?
You check your bank balance every day. You review transactions, track spending, monitor investments. Your financial app knows when you get paid, when your rent hits,…
The Algorithm of Generosity
What if technology could understand not just what you give to, but when you are most likely to give, and why?.
The Giving Zip Code
In the PURPOSE Post TEN we explored where America's $592.5 billion in charitable dollars go by cause. Now the question sharpens: where do those dollars come…
Where the Money Goes?
What the Distribution of U.S. Giving Reveals About the Future of Digital Philanthropy.
The Geometry of Giving: Where Income, Assets, and Tax Thresholds Converge
Most Americans give reactively. A campaign lands in their inbox, an impulse strikes, a year-end deadline looms and they donate. But giving without a strategy is…
The Donor Behind the Click
Jen Shang and Adrian Sargeant Meaningful Philanthropy (2024) draws on interviews with 48 high and ultra-high net worth philanthropists to establish a critical distinction: the meaning…
$22 Trillion Will Change Hands This Decade. Philanthropy Isn’t Ready
Over the next ten years, $22 trillion will transfer from Baby Boomers to Gen X and Millennials, the largest decade of wealth movement in history. Gen…
$326 Billion Sits in Donor Advised Funds. There’s No Deadline to Give It Away
Donor Advised Funds have become the fastest-growing vehicle in American philanthropy. In fiscal year 2024, total DAF assets reached $326 billion—a 30% jump from the prior…
40% of Online Donations Happen in December. 5% on a Single Day
That's generosity—but it's also unpredictability.
67% of Donors Say Trust Is Essential Before Giving
That gap defines the crisis in digital philanthropy.
2026 Tax Changes for Charitable Giving in the U.S. What Actually Matters?
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act rewrote the rules for charitable deductions. If you're a donor—or advise them—here's what you need to know.
Digital Giving’s Blind Spot: The Donor…
Digital giving infrastructure was built to serve organizations, not the people who give.
91% of Donations Stay in North America and Europe
95% of philanthropic foundations are based in these two regions. 97% of global foundation assets sit here too.
Why I’m Rethinking Digital Philanthropy From the Ground Up?
There's something fundamentally broken in how we give digitally.
