For over 45 years, the programs of the Tommy Nobis Center (TNC) have been changing lives by championing workplace success for people with disabilities. Through the extraordinary efforts of Bobbie Knopf, a Georgia special education teacher, Joyce Slaughter, a parent …
The perfect plate: Turkey, pumpkin pie and charitable giving
As you prepare to gather with family and friends over the Thanksgiving holiday, we invite you to reach out to the team at the Cobb Community Foundation (CCF) for suggestions on how to incorporate charitable giving into the festivities.
For …
It’s a big deal: Answering clients’ questions about “GivingTuesday”
Among the many client questions you and other attorneys, accountants, and financial advisors can be prepared to answer as year-end approaches is, “What is Giving Tuesday? And why the hashtag that often precedes it in print or online?”
Giving Tuesday–or …
Barbara Hickey Children’s Fund 2022 Cobb Diaper Day
Because hygiene items like diapers are not covered by food stamps, low income families often must make difficult choices between food and diapers. Cobb Diaper Day Founder Barbara Hickey was shocked to learn just how expensive diapers can be when …
2022 End of Year Giving Deadlines
December is National Giving Month. Last year, one-third of all giving was done in December. This year, the last day of 2022 will fall on a weekend and that will require some planning ahead.
Planning to:
📌 establish a Donor …
Finding the good, giving as a wealth strategy, and an open invitation
It can be hard to see the good in people as heartbreaking exceptions seem to dominate modern life, but it is worth remembering that philanthropy–”love of humanity”–is alive and well. A study at Stanford University indicates that a sense of …
Playbook: Helping clients organize their giving through a donor-advised fund
Your clients will arrive in 15 minutes. You’re reviewing the file. Everything is in order. The estate planning documents are up to date, you’re ready to share the latest investment results, and you are prepared to debrief the 2021 tax …
Just (be)cause it’s popular, should you do it?
If you’re considering launching a cause marketing program in your own company, or if you’re simply curious as a consumer to learn more about how exactly cause marketing works, you are not alone! From Starbucks to Subway, companies are aligning …
A TAIL-WAGGING WELCOME TO THE MOSTLY MUTTS FUND!
Tammy Turley was introduced to Mostly Mutts in 2010 when she agreed to foster in her words “a real hard luck case” called Diva, a blind and deaf senior poodle recently rescued from a shelter. Though the dog’s condition was …
Welcome Macallan Group Charitable Fund
The Macallan Group owns, operates, and manages independent companies that focus on different sectors of the real estate, development, and construction industries. Founded in 2002, the firm has a unique business model and has been named among the Atlanta Business …