National Philanthropy Day: 'The Love That Understands'

Note: Today, I spent National Philanthropy Day with the Mid-Hudson Valley Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and served as the luncheon keynote speaker. This post on the challenges of philanthropy is adapted from that speech. Americans are asked to give - and in fact, do give - more to organized charity than the citizens of any other country. Philanthropy is part of the national DNA and it dates to the time of the Founders and before, when Benjamin Franklin organized the fi...