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Charitable Giving Newsletter

12/21/24 (Weekend Edition)


In This Issue:


Lend Me A Gift!


Tips for Nonprofits, Donors, and Professional Advisors

Lend Me A Gift!

So, as a serious donor and investor, you want to make positive social impact, but you don't know where to start. On the other side of things, impactful nonprofits need big money NOW for a building project or another large initiative. They have trouble getting capital. How is this problem solved?


Solution: a company called LENDonate, led by Vivienne Hsu, is a powerhouse of talent, being female-founded and 100% minority-led with deep expertise in financial services.


While there is over $850 Billion in debt outstanding in the nonprofit sector, many creditworthy nonprofit organizations still lack access to affordable debt financing. Having developed a sophisticated system for assigning credit scores to their non-profit clients, LENDonate is the first lending marketplace to solve this problem, offering nonprofits access to reasonably priced loans while unlocking a vast market potential.


Further, what sets LENDonate apart is its innovative approach to impact investing. The platform enables philanthropically minded investors to participate in high-quality, low-volatility, high-yielding private loans, empowering them to amplify their impact without sacrificing financial returns.


One of the great benefits of the LENDonate platform for impact-minded investors (a.k.a. "lenders) is that, upon repayment of their loans, the investor/lender can then recycle that capital back into the non-profit ecosystem, creating further positive impact. Another nice feature is that investor/lenders can convert their loans into a donation at any time, should they choose to do so.


Since its inception in 2018, LENDonate has facilitated over $85 million in loans, maintaining an impressively low default rate of just 1.5%.


Watch the two-minute video here regarding how the platform works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QatWXwJvmGk&feature=youtu.be, check out their website here Nonprofit Loans For Your Business | Financing Nonprofit Loans - LENDonate, and read about the incredible Vivienne Hsu below:

Vivienne Hsu: Founder and CEO of LENDonate

Prior to becoming a full-time social entrepreneur, Vivienne was Senior Vice President at U.S. Trust, where she advised clients on complex financial matters. She served as a Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager for Charles Schwab Investment Management, where she oversaw its active equity strategies, and she was the lead portfolio manager for the Schwab Hedged Equity Fund. Vivienne received her MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a CFA® charterholder. Learn even more about Vivienne here: Leadership - LENDonate

A Tip for Nonprofits: Thinking about launching a capital campaign in 2025? If so, Capital Campaign Pro is a company with 1) a soup-to-nuts toolkit for a successful campaign, 2) Senior Advisors who have decades of experience, and 3) weekly Zoom meetings to ask questions, consider suggestions, create new ideas, and celebrate successes. Call Anne Peyton at 802-291-0950 to get the "insider" perspective on working with CCPro, and check out their website here: Capital Campaign Pro | Campaign Support System for Nonprofits

A Tip for Donors: Human trafficking is defined as "the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons through the use of force, coercion, fraud, deception, or abuse of power for the purpose of exploitation." But what do we REALLY understand about the many ways to support survivors of human trafficking? Read more here: General Awareness | Because Organization

A Tip for Professional Advisors: Interested in starting a podcast at your firm to educate your clients about charitable giving? This online, multi-track recording platform makes it easy to get going...read more here: Riverside: HD Podcast & Video Software | Free Recording & Editing

“Share your blessings in whatever form they come and to whatever level you have been blessed."

~Jon M. Huntsman

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