With year-end approaching, Mark Neithercut wrote a piece for Crain’s Detroit Business’ “Other Voices” section entitled “Keep Philanthropy From Going Wrong?”
In it, Mark discusses the importance of planning to increase the effectiveness of gift-giving, including assessing the financial health and management of a nonprofit, stating expectations in a written agreement, limiting the amount of restrictions that may hamper the nonprofit, and considering making part of a gift for the non-profit’s operations and even its endowment.
You can learn more about how to keep gift-giving on track by downloading our “10 Rules Every Major Donor Should Follow.”