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December 10, 2022 | ROG Insights
3 Ways to help family foundation offices improve their giving impact
In the United States, there are more than 40,000 family foundations, all with varying asset and team support levels. This increasingly popular charitable mission vehicle has some incredible benefits for families who want to make their giving deliberate, multigenerational and highly impactful. Once a family foundation is set up and running, it’s not going to […]
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December 4, 2022 | ROG Insights
A financial advisor shares key strategies to maximize your giving impact
Landis Wiley is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa who serves a wide range of clients as part of the leadership team at Basepoint Wealth. Giving is a significant part of many financial plans, so we engaged Landis to share insights from some of the conversations he regularly has about strategic philanthropy […]
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November 23, 2022 | ROG Insights
Digging Into the Return on Good Vision
Return on Good is a new collaborative that is changing the paradigm of giving from reactive to proactive; from emotional to strategic. Our goal is to help clients Give Smarter. We do this with a combination of research, collaboration and strategy that treats giving as a value-driven investment that all sides of the charity equation […]
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November 12, 2022 | ROG Insights
Alice Cooper Returns on Good with his Solid Rock Teen Center
By Jay Kelly, Return on Good Co-Founder I recently had the great pleasure to play a round of golf with rock legend, Alice Cooper. There aren’t many people I have met in my lifetime that love the game of golf as much as Cooper. As he says, golf is an addiction. And Alice feeds that […]
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November 10, 2022 | ROG Insights
3 Problems All Major Gift Fundraisers Face
One of the biggest concerns that fundraisers have shared with us is their fear of upsetting a loyal donor: by asking too soon, for too much, or for the wrong thing.
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November 10, 2022 | ROG Insights
5 Ways to Choose Where your Philanthropy Will Go
As giving advisors, we know every giver is different, but there are some common threads that we’ve found to help donors direct their generosity. Here are five things to consider when making a significant investment in a cause or charity.
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