The Give Now Movement
Philanthropy isn't what it used to be. According to Daniel Schley, chief executive of Foundation Source, a backroom-services specialist that helps family foundations become more efficient, traditional philanthropy was defined as waiting until you were really old and very rich. ''But the real power, drive and momentum in modern philanthropy is coming from people in their 40s and 50s who generated a great deal of wealth at an early age and have decided to leverage that wealth in philanthropy.''
How are the more than eight million millionaires in America taking advantage of their wealth?