Giving Thought

Spring is springing all around us here in Maryland, and the lilacs and azaleas and rhododendron are a feast of color out my office window. It never ceases to amaze me how the earth comes to life again each year, no matter how long or hard the winter; it never gives up its optimism.

You can thank (or revile) Cecilia for passing the Giving Thought torch to her colleagues to help carry. You’re stuck with me for today. The topic? AI, its use in nonprofit fundraising, what this might mean for how you give, and a dash of hope for the future.

Not often do we meet a person who, having scribbled a $500 donation check, says “yeah, I have no idea why I did that.” Short of an accident, everyone has a reason for giving money to charity. (I did once accidentally hit 'round up' at the grocery store checkout for St. Jude's Children's Hospital, which will put my 17 cents to good use, no doubt).