Personal or Family Connection to the organization or cause is our #5 GIVE. You could be reading this and say, “Wait, is this about giving to a friend or family member who works in this organization we support?” This certainly is an option, but not the one I mean. The more obvious one is that an organization or a cause has “touched”, made a difference in the life of a Philanthropist and motivates the philanthropic activity. AND that the Philanthropist is connected personally

In my previous post, “Why Philanthropists Give,” we continued our “journey” into why Philanthropists change the world with the concept of Pay Back. We understood that strong emotional feeling of gratitude. We called it “Socializing” and talked about how it impacts Philanthropy. Before we move on to the next reason why Philanthropists GIVE, allow me to share with you another example as I typically do in this blog. One of the Philanthropists with whom I’ve been working closely,