Updates for Donors: CARES ACT The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act creates two new tax benefits for donors to non-profits. One will mostly benefit low- and middle-income households. The other mostly will benefit a relative handful of high-income givers and may accelerate their donations to non-profits. Here’s what you need to know:… Continue reading Charitable Donation Notes for 2020
It’s hard to be optimistic right now. We live in a world full of uncertainty, fear, hurt, pain. I’ve all but stopped going on social media or turning on the news – it just feels like too much. And then I feel slightly ashamed to have simply put my head down to do the job… Continue reading Word of the Week: Optimism
There is a young gentleman I know from church, who works as a cashier in the Ace Hardware store I go to. He stands behind a newly constructed plexiglass barrier. He wears a mask now. I presume under the mask he has the same smile he always has. We always exchange pleasantries as he rings… Continue reading WORD OF THE WEEK: TOGETHER
I finally admitted to myself that I’m feeling a bit depressed by all this coronavirus talk and quarantining. Like so many, I feel the stress, I miss having the outlets I’m used to, I’m tired of seeing people through Zoom and masks. And the fact that there isn’t exactly an end date to this “new… Continue reading Word of the Week: Resilient
I want to take a pause from all my investment and financial planning commentary to breathe a bit of gratitude into our lives. These remain very difficult times, as the unknowns of a post Covid-19 world still look murky at best. When will a vaccine come? When can I get my kids out of the… Continue reading Word of the Week: Gratitude
