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November 16, 2010, giveMN.org
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November 1, 2010, Fast Company
Preserving the Gift of Giving by Rachel Arndt
Americans donated $304 billion in 2009, down 3.6%, and this year some are pledging more. We spoke to seven philanthropists of all different incomes, from billionaires promising half their wealth via Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge, to regular folks earmarking a slice of their salaries. -
October 17, 2010, Star Tribune.com
Millionaire club charts a new course for giving by Jean Hopfensperger
The One Percent Club began with a burst of publicity 1997, when a group of the richest Minnesotans to donate 1 percent of their net worth each to charities. -
August 6, 2010, Star Tribune.com
Giving to charity, quietly or otherwise, is good by Neal St. Anthony
Some local philanthropists hope that Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Ken and Judy Dayton will inspire more giving among the affluent. -
June 16, 2010, CNN Money.com
The $600 billion challenge
Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett are asking the nation's billionaires to pledge to give at least half their net worth to charity, in their lifetimes or at death. If their campaign succeeds, it could change the face of philanthropy. -
'One Percent Donations' on KARE 11 TV
Founder Joe Selvaggio, and incoming Executive Director Jennifer McDonald were on KARE 11's First Edition to talk about the One Percent Club. View this KARE 11 video and listen to their interview.
Video: "KARE 11 Interview"
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Giving for Good
An article by Burt Cohen on the One Percent Club ("Giving for Good") featured in February 2009 Twin Cities Business magazine, page 28. - Charity Funders Feeling Pinched by Neal St. Anthony
- What Should a Billionaire Give - and What Should You? published in the New York Times December 17, 2006
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The Bolder Giving Workbook
From Christopher and Anne Ellinger, Co-founders of Bolder Giving in Extraordinary Times
Click on the links here to get the workbook as a free download or in print.
Inviting and easy-to-read, the Bolder Giving Workbook challenges assumptions and gives a skillful helping hand with the key question "How Much to Give?" - Wealthy Women Give to Women published in the Christian Science Monitor July 31, 2008
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April 2008, Twin Cities Business
Monthly's annual "Giving" supplement
- New York Times Magazine Articles on Giving published on March 9, 2008
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August 9, 2007, Chronicle of Philanthropy
Givers Who Keep on Giving -
'One Percent Donations' on KARE 11 TV
Founder Joe Selvaggio, and incoming Executive Director Jennifer McDonald were on KARE 11's First Edition to talk about the One Percent Club. View this KARE 11 video and listen to their interview.
Video: "KARE 11 Interview"
(You need the Adobe Flash Player to view this video.
For best performance, view video over a broadband connection.)
