Giving in a Politically Complex World

Trust, institutional alignment, and the realities of philanthropic investment

Where Philanthropic Stewardship Ends and Control Begins

How donors can balance stewardship, accountability, and trust without unnecessarily controlling the people and organizations they support.

Fund The Boring So The Nonprofit Sector Can Remain Profoundly Human

The AI investment I think more donors should make

How to Choose a Donor Advised Fund Sponsor

Why choosing where to open your donor advised fund is a philanthropic decision, not an administrative one.

A Philanthropic Advisor's Notes on How to Fund Land, Air & Water Initiatives

16 funding areas, and the maintenance-and-monitoring gap most philanthropy skips right past.

What Is Philanthropy For When Intelligence Is Abundant?

What remains irreplaceable when intelligence becomes abundant?

Before the Family Office: Ask What the Wealth Is For

Structure feels safer than meaning.

The Closed Hand

What Generosity Practices Into the Body

What Wealth Takes

The Hidden Cost of Accumulation and the Practice That Restores What Was Lost

Wherever the Mind Feels Inspired

What the Buddha's Teaching on Generosity Asks of Modern Philanthropy

A Donor, a Fellowship Program, and a Lesson in Quiet Leadership

The Fellowship Program that began with a donor refusing to be sold to.

Values Before Strategy

Money, Relationships, and Philanthropy Beyond Compliance

The Philanthropic Conversation Gap Is Not a Tax Problem

Most clients have been waiting to be asked.

The First Philanthropy Question Advisors Should Ask

What do you hope your wealth makes possible?

Before the Family Office: Ask What the Wealth Is For

Structure feels safer than meaning.

A Foundation Is Not a Values Statement

Values are not what a foundation writes. They are what a foundation practices.

DAFs, Abundance, and the $326 Billion Question We Keep Avoiding