With the holiday season just around the corner, families and households will soon be gathering to give and receive gifts. Many will also be sending donations to communities in crisis, and organizing ...

I relish the end-of-year news stories that highlight inspiring acts of generosity—the veteran who donated his bone marrow to save a preschooler with leukemia or the restaurant staff who pooled their ...

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Someone recently asked me if, rather than saving her tax refund and stimulus check, she should spend them in order to help boost the economy.Another person asked how to balance ...

From commercials to pop culture, our children are bombarded with messages that tell them it’s better to get than to give. Yet, it’s in giving that ultimately we may reap the most significant rewards, ...

Considering what oftentimes feels like a lack of generous adults in this world, it's more important now than ever to change the next generation in a positive way. Instead of making excuses because of ...

There seems to be an awe around philanthropy. An acknowledgement that it is so fragile and precious that it should never be sniffed at, questioned, challenged or told that it is failing to live up to ...

"Families are weird.” This is the mantra of a pastor friend, his way of coping with the manifold complexities of his own family as well as those of the families with whom he ministers. He contends ...

I was ringside at an MMA match, sitting at a private table with millionaires, former Navy SEALs and nonprofit board chairs. And I was relieved and grateful when a guest near me confided quietly, “You ...

What do you look for in a partner? Surely that depends on what the partner is for – you’d probably want a business partner to be innovative, a choir buddy to be musical and a romantic partner to be ...