What motivates some philanthropists to give significant portions of their fortunes to charitable causes? How do they decide what causes and organizations to support?
What lessons can other donors learn from them? And what should fund raisers and other charity officials understand as they seek to encourage more people to give in this difficult economic time?
To answer those questions, The Chronicle and Bolder Giving, an organization that works to encourage philanthropists to give more generously, have developed a series of live online discussions with some of the nation's most interesting philanthropists.
Join us Wednesday, February 24, at noon Eastern time for our next discussion. Our guest will be Levani Lipton, a young philanthropist who directs the Ananda Foundation, a family foundation that focuses its grant making in South Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
You can join the conversation by clicking on the window below or read the archived version after the discussion ends.
Participants are also invited to join a live teleconference with Ms. Lipton on Thursday, February 25.
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Comments
1. dawndegenhardt - February 25, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Hi, Levani, I am so glad your mother sent this to me. I am so proud of you and all you are doing to help so many.
I continue my managing the foundation and Aid for Kids - and Heather, Heidi and Joy are very involved which makes me so proud of them. Hope to talk with you soon.
To the group: I have been volunteering and developng charitable organizations for 40 years. Have worked in five states and 15 countries large projects and small. I like the grass roots small projects as you can do so much with so little. aidforkids.org is what I am doing now.