Kim Wright-Violich

• Catching Up With: Kim Wright-Violich

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  September 1, 2009

  Schwab Charitable, the donor advised fund from Charles Schwab & Co., announced in early August that it had expanded the underlying investment options in its...

• This DAF Has Open Architecture

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  August 7, 2009

  Schwab Charitable expands the investment choices for its donor-advised fund (DAF) accounts and adds asset allocation tools. The result: open architecture.

• Accounts That Keep On Giving

  By Robert Scott Martin  |  January 1, 2009

  More advisors are talking about philanthropy these days, but it's still an open secret that the clients are often the ones who have to get...

• CHARITABLE LEANINGS

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  December 1, 2008

  It may be mid-December, but there is still time for clients to establish a private charitable foundation or donor-advised fund in 2008 and receive a...

• Boomer advisors too reluctant to broach charity topic

  By Staff Writer  |  May 28, 2008

  The United Nations recently scolded Americans for not giving enough to poor countries, but here's a simple fact to make us all feel better; more...

• Give, Wisely

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  December 1, 2007

  No one need be extremely wealthy anymore to participate in charitable giving through donor advised funds (DAFs), but they can be, and some participants have...

• Sowing Good Works

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  December 1, 2006

  Philanthropy is very trendy right now. Think of Warren Buffett's decision to give away around $37 billion worth of his hard-earned Berkshire Hathaway stock to...

• Good to Give

  By Robert F. Keane  |  November 1, 2005

  To practice charity has been considered virtuous and admirable in virtually every culture and religion since the dawn of civilization. Everyone knows, too, that it's...

• Pathfinder

  By Staff Writer  |  November 1, 2003

  Millard Fuller thought he'd given his young wife Linda everything she could possibly want. With a posh home in a tony neighborhood (and a maid...