Jan McElwee is principal of the McElwee Group, a Los Angeles-based consulting practice that provides guidance to foundations, corporate giving programs, funder collaboratives, philanthropic research centers, and nonprofits.

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What Donors Want

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Deanne Stone, Jan McElwee, Shirley Fredricks

With the creation of new family foundations, donor-advised funds, and supporting organizations still flourishing, many advisors to today’s donors (and often donors themselves) wonder, ‘What kind of information/ assistance/ inspiration/ support do new founding donors want these days?’ Advisors benefit from knowing what the concerns of new donors are, and new donors benefit from understanding what other donors are seeking… Read More