Philanthropy

If you’re a member of the Silent Generation or a Baby Boomer, you might be sitting on a lot more wealth than previous generations. If you were born after 1964, you may therefore be one of the recipients of the Great Wealth Transfer that is predicted to take place in…

The Roman philosopher Seneca once said, “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.” Yet in this day and age, kindness appears to be too often in short supply: we have divisive, brutish politics, brutal armies destroying innocent people, and cities and rural areas in…

Kathleen M. Rehl, Ph.D., CFP®, CeFT® Emeritus www.KathleenRehl.com   “I’m going to jail, Mom! But I didn’t do it.”   My biracial son’s frantic phone call from a police station over 1,000 miles away made me tear into mama bear mode. With the help of effective, expensive legal and professional…

Even if you’ve been avoiding the news, you’re probably aware that we now have in place the new CARES Act: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. And while some of the details remain to be worked out (stay on top of the latest with this updated IRS resource…

When grief hits, your world can be turned upside down. One way to respond is to find a cause or purpose to provide meaning for your life and to more basically fill your time. And in fact, there’s plenty of data available to support the notion that having a purpose…

As the year winds down and you prepare for your usual year-end activities- gift purchases, charity donations, holiday gatherings- make sure you watch out for another holiday tradition: scamming unsuspecting buyers and donors who may be caught off guard as they’re caught up in the holiday spirit. From packages that…