Selfish Giving goes through the rebranding tunnel and emerges with savvy.

I've spun-off the Selfish Giver as its own website, SavvyGiver.org.  I dropped the "Selfish", much as I hated to.  The juxtaposition of the two words was edgy and jarring, which I liked.  But I did some informal polling and people thought it was too harsh.  One woman said, "I don't want to be called 'selfish' when I'm doing something good, even if I do stand to benefit from it."

I'd agree that "savvy" is much easier on the philanthropic palate. Best of luck, SG, with the new venture.

Kiplinger's reports:

If you're waiting for an inheritance from Mom and Dad in the years ahead, chances are you'll still be waiting. Despite all the headlines heralding the Greatest Wealth Transfer Ever, nothing of the sort has happened and the experts who analyze family finances say that it's not likely to. "It's not an upbeat picture," says John Gist, who has analyzed extensive Federal Reserve survey data for AARP's Public Policy Institute.

As WCT highlighted a few months ago, what philanthropy researchers predicted may turn out to be something of a hoax.

A bit off topic, but I had to link to this post about recent efforts of "conservative fake nonprofit foundations" to kill some legislation in California. Hilarious.

It appears we'll now be getting all the bloody details. Stay tuned.