Stacy Palmer
Stacy Palmer
fairly growth happening seem stage
We really seem at a stage where growth is happening in a fairly spectacular way.
seem
It does seem like they should have been straightforward about it.
donations kinds later people strong
Usually we have these kinds of donations in the later part of the year, so people feel it's going to be a very strong year.
donate happen money people smaller
Usually these big bequests happen because people donate all their money when they die, and when they're alive, they give smaller amounts.
directly fact gas giving jobs pay possibly secure tied whether
Giving is very directly tied to the economy. People's willingness to give as much as they possibly can is tied to whether they feel secure about their jobs and the fact that they are going to have to pay more in gas prices.
assume giving socially
I would assume that he would want to do something to demonstrate that he was being socially responsible through his giving ...
cross red share
The Red Cross is getting the lion's share of the money,
figure frustrated gift outpouring people response slowness
People are very frustrated when they see the slowness of the response (to the hurricane). People figure they can give a gift very quickly. The slowness of the response is part of what triggered this outpouring of donations.
attention call certainly charities disaster effort expect giving period quite scale waves
The scale of this disaster is so big, that there is certainly going to be a lot of effort by the charities to call attention to long-term needs. So I would expect that giving will go in waves for quite a long period of time.
motivated people pictures responsibility saw television
After you see the pictures on the television I think that just motivated so many people to give. They just saw they had a responsibility to do something.
charitable decisions donations donors giving might time whether wonder year
This is a big giving time of the year when a lot of donors are making decisions about where their charitable donations will go, and now they might wonder whether their contributions were well-used.
aggressive assets letting paying people
A lot of nonprofits have been very aggressive about letting people know that everyone has some assets they can leave. And it's paying off.
amount challenge compared remarkable
a very remarkable outpouring, but compared to the amount of need . . . there's still a fund-raising challenge ahead.
extent giving likely people
As people see the extent of the damage, they're likely to keep giving in big ways.