Great news from DC Central Kitchen

A great note from our friends at DC Central Kitchen:

I want to thank you again for your recent gift. With your support, we surpassed our goal of 10,000 and reached $13,477 in individual donations, allowing us to take full advantage of Clark Construction’s $10,000 match for a total of $23,477. These funds are already impacting the community, funding an entire summer of locally grown produce for nutritious meals, stimulating the local economy, and preventing good food from going to waste.

I am positively overwhelmed by the generosity of our supporters during this difficult summer. We know that this economy is tough and that gas and food prices are affecting everyone, which is why your support is especially meaningful. I’m always deeply inspired when our supporters step up to lend a hand during tough times. Your support has allowed us to expand our programs at a time when they are most needed.

Recently, the Washington Post covered our efforts to combat high food prices and support our local economy. I wanted to point you to this article, because it’s a good example of what we are achieving with your help.

Value, Virtue Close to Home
The Washington Post

Thanks again for all that you do.

Michael F. Curtin, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
DC Central Kitchen

You can read the article here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052302567.html

More on the DCC Kitchen here:
www.dccentralkitchen.org

Help D.C. Central Kitchen to Fight Rising Food Costs

I received this message about a matching grant to the D.C. Central Kitchen and could not resist making a donation. I encourage you to do so as well -- they have the most remarkable donor stewardship system in place, which allows you to automatically login and see how much you've given. They also making it very easy to give a gift in someone's honor.

Help Fight Rising Food Costs
Food prices are rising and thousands of low-income families are in crisis. Every day, the number of people needing a simple meal is rising, yet the organizations providing those meals are strained.

With your support we can secure an affordable supply of fresh produce from local farms, and use that product to serve nutritious meals to those in need.

Our goal of $20,000 will allow us to purchase produce for the difficult months of June and July.

Act now and help us provide meals that will nourish the community.

Double your impact!
Your gifts will be matched up to $10,000 by Clark Construction

Learn more here:
https://secure.my-websites.org/supporter/donatenow.do?n=gFRg&dfdbid=1066491

Philanthropassion Contest

This blog's audience almost entirely consists of people who are so passionate about philanthropy that they have decided to devote a significant portion of their life to it. I want to know:

What drives your philanthropassion?

Here is my offer:

1. If I get at least 5 responses, I will post the best response on the top of this blog for a month along with a link to any site that you want (your blog, your organization, etc.).
2. If I get at least 10 responses, I will also send a copy of Charles Collier's "Wealth in Families" to the person who posts the best response.
3. For every response above that, I will also make a donation of $1 per response to the charity of the best responder's choice. So, if I get 100 responses, I'll be making a $100 gift to whatever charity the winner chooses.

I'm taking a few days off to prepare for the CFRE exam and to fly to D.C. for the Hunger Justice Leaders conference. I look forward to reading about The Passion of the Fundraiser!

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"Fire sale! Half-priced endowments at Parkland!"

"The Dallas Business reports how a "$500,000 anonymous gift to the Parkland Foundation ... allows donors (to) establish an endowment with a gift of only $12,500 and be matched the remaining $12,500."

Learn more here:
www.parklandfoundation.org

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