November 15, 2010 at 6:00pm
Northern Trust Bank, NA
LEAVE A LEGACY® A Season of Thanks and
Giving
Special Guest Isaac Prilleltensky,
Ph.D.
Dean, School of Education
University of
Miami
March 11, 2011 at 8:00am
South Miami Hospital, Victor Clark Conference Center
LEAVE A LEGACY® Planned Giving Education
Day
May 5, 2011 at 11:00am
Jungle
Island
LEAVE A LEGACY® Donor Next Door® Luncheon
Why LEAVE A
LEGACY
LEAVE A LEGACY does not have the resources
to generate, gather or track the hard data to show planned
giving trends in South Florida. However, South Florida
philanthropy suffers in comparison to other similar sized
demographic regions. Based on the LEAVE A LEGACY project
experience, this is at least partially attributable to lack
of:
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(1) public awareness about
charitable giving;
(2) incorporation of gifting
techniques among donor advisors;
(3) expertise and
capacity among many smaller nonprofits; and
(4)
collaboration and cooperation between and among
nonprofit organizations, the private sector and the
media. |
Target Population and Benefit: The
nonprofit community in general; and smaller, minority,
underserved and otherwise under-supported nonprofits in
particular. The LEAVE A LEGACY experience has shown that many
South Florida nonprofits do not have the expertise or
resources to adequately or efficiently process or encourage
planned gifts. Many of the latter have no planned giving (or
even bequests) program in place. Some are not even aware of
the potential from planned gifts and bequests. By mentoring
these organizations, showing them how to initiate and
implement a planned giving and bequest program, making
published resources available to them which they could not
otherwise afford, facilitating partnerships with professional
advisors and the private sector, and by increasing awareness
about planned giving and philanthropy in general, we hope to
help more nonprofits escape the cycle of diverting their
resources from their primary mission to the constant struggle
to remain financially afloat.
What Are the LEAVE A
LEGACY Goals?
- informing the public about the
benefits of philanthropy
- educating professional
advisors how to help their clients become philanthropists
- educating board of directors
and development staff of nonprofits about charitable giving
