March 11, 1999

Donors: Share the 'Warm Glow' With Others

By PUTNAM BARBER

Too often in philanthropy today, grant makers and donors are happy to pay for blankets, but not for the shelves to store them until the winter storms strike. They willingly donate toward the stew, but refuse to cover the wages of the bookkeeper who writes the check for the dumplings.

Organizational overhead? Not my issue, they say. The costs of seeking, processing, and accounting for gifts? Let someone else take care of it.

That attitude poses a

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