At the Community Foundation, we help donors organize their giving so that every gift to charity is as satisfying to the donor as it is to the nonprofit recipient. A new tool called the Charitable Investment Review provides a donor with a history of the donor's giving conducted through his or her personal, family, or corporate foundation fund. The results are sometimes surprising. ("I had no idea that I gave so much to XYZ cause when I really care most about ABC cause.") And often the results are a reassuring confirmation to the donor that charitable objectives are being met. ("I am so glad to see that the dollars I've invested in ABC cause over the last ten years have had such a tremendous impact.") Always, a pattern emerges that helps the donor plan future gifts to charity.
There is a rather unfortunate pattern taking shape at our house. A few weeks ago I reported that a gummy worm "somehow" got lodged on the ceiling. The sticky animal tricks have escalated. "Mommy, come quick, something's yucky!" Lindy tugged at my shirt to coax me out of the kitchen. "In a minute, honey." Fifteen minutes later, Clay bounded down the stairs spouting expletives and dove for the light switch in the front hall. I ran over to see what all the commotion was about and I was greeted by a nasty plume of rubbery-smelling smoke. "WHO THREW THE SQUISHY DINOSAUR INTO THE CHANDELIER???"
First worms, now reptiles. What will three little girls toss up into the air next?
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