Are We Deserving of the Philanthropy We Seek?

On November 15th, the country celebrates National Philanthropy Day in recognition of the power and potential of philanthropy as “the love of humanity”.

With the continued strategic expansion of its portfolio of services to serve North Carolina’s nonprofit and philanthropic sectors, Armstrong McGuire & Associates is excited to welcome two veteran nonprofit professionals to its team: Beth

Today's blog post serves as an introduction to Armstrong McGuire's newest team member.

A couple of weeks ago I did something I haven’t done in years. I checked the expiration date on the milk in the fridge.

A new report from The Chronicle of Philanthropy shows that fewer Americans are giving to charitable causes and that nonprofits are increasingly relying on the wealthy for support.

I can’t begin to tell you how much I learned in the first few years of development work. In my first year, we had planned 13 mass-market event fundraisers. The development manager left two months before half of the events took place.

Part of my childhood I lived in Houston. We were there in 1983 when Hurricane Alicia hit the city hard, spawning some of the worst hurricane-related tornados. In fact, I am pretty sure that a tornado spun right down our driveway.

I just returned from a family trip to the ocean. We took a chance with hurricane Irma moving North, but we were fortunate and only experienced rain and wind for a couple of days.