Millennials Become Important Asset To Luxury Auto Market
Luxury Daily via Wealth-X
Luxury Homes in Manhattan Are Finally Getting Cheaper
Bloomberg
House prices — sellers forced to offer discounts
Financial Times
Cooking the Books: How Nonprofits Make Inflated Claims About Their Fundraising Success
Inside Philanthropy
China’s Elite Buying Private Jets For Business, Not Pleasure
Jing Daily via Wealth-X
The surprising role where women consistently earn more than men
Washington Post
World Luxury Goods Sales Growth Seen Up 2-4% In 2017
The Business Times via Wealth-X
Top 10 Tips for Searching SEC Filings
Apra Carolinas
Big Philanthropy Gets A Boost: 14 Titans From 7 Countries Join The Gates-Buffett Giving Pledge
Forbes
Opinion: The superhero strength of women's philanthropy
Business Record
Why Stanford MBAs Earn the Most
So, Why Do You Make Millions of Dollars in Private Equity – And Will It Last?
Mergers & Inquisitions via Apra Carolinas
Greenwich’s Luxury Housing Market is Fraying
The Wall Street Journal
Unstructured and very valuable
The Helen Brown Group
5 Priceless Benefits Entrepreneurs Gain From Philanthropy
How China's Social Media Giant Tencent Is Shaking Up Traditional Philanthropy
Helen Brown via ResearchBuzz
Top US Military Executive Wealth reaches $9.4 Billion, Assets surge 14.6%
Donor Watch
The 25 wealthiest people in the world (according to Forbes)
Reddit's Data is Beautiful subreddit
How to save the third generation of family wealth
Spear's
Preserving Wealth By Defining A Legacy - The Role Of Family Historians
Millionaires Say This Is Most Unpredictable Period In History
The Edge Markets via Wealth-X
What the EuroMillions dispute teaches about family
Communicating Better with Researchers in 5 Questions
Jennifer Filla
Advisors prepare young clients for $30 trillion transfer of wealth
CNBC via Apra Illinois
The art buyer’s dilemma: How to pass on your collection
The Globe and Mail via Wealth-X
The 10 highest-paid CEOs in America
Axios
A Small, Progressive Family Funder Comes Out of its Shell
Fidgety About Tax Reform? Here Are 10 Things Estate Planners Can Do Now
Private Wealth
This Is Where The Global Rich Go To Find Art's Next Big Thing
The Modern Family Office Must Be A Multifamily Affair
Financial Advisor
How to Get the Wealthy to Donate
The New York Times
Airport terminals for the super-rich might be best for everyone
The Economist
Here’s one area where women are more confident with their money than men
MarketWatch via Jen Filla
America's Richest Self-Made Women
Forbes via Prospect Research Institute
How your social network can predict your wealth
How much is a good prospect researcher worth?
Household Debt Makes a Comeback in the U.S.
2017 Apra Awards Winners
Apra
Great Expectations: Salaries for 2017 College Grads Hit All-Time High, Korn Ferry Analysis Shows
Korn Ferry
LinkedIn Data Reveals The Hottest Companies To Work for Right Now
Fast Company
FT Wealth
Motivations of Leaders: Sabrina Latham
Apra-IL
The Stock Market Is Weirdly Calm. Here’s a Theory of Why.
New York Times
High Net Worth Events – 2017 Billionaire Social Calendar Spring & Summer
Wealth-X via Rachel Dakarian
Across U.S., Only One-Third of Home Prices Have Passed Pre-Recession Levels
Mansion Global
Global Affluence: The Emerging Luxury Consumer
Sotheby's
Wealth events – a primer
Philanthropy: The mainstreaming of impact investing
Euromoney
Not enough houses to go around as Toyota moves to Plano
Dallas Morning News
Congaree: A First Look At The Golf Club Built By Billionaires On A Model Of Philanthropy
A Look at the Ugly Side of Getting Rich
Dear Analyst 13: Prospect Hostage Negotiator
Number of Latino charitable donors on the rise
Interns at these 25 companies make more than the median U.S. worker
The Washington Post
Tips for Angelina Jolie: How to Set Up a Google News Alert on a Famous Person
ResearchBuzz
How To Make Family Philanthropy Work When Generations Collide
Majority of fundraisers say research improves communication
Civil Society News
Child Of The Pledge: When Your Job Is To Give Away Your Parents' Fortune
Five Organizations Who Are Redefining Philanthropy
Rich Families Go Solo on Deals, Moving Away From Private Equity
Valuing Real Estate in the US West
The Class of 2017
Economic Policy Institute
Graham-Pelton's Analysis of Women's $1M+ Giving from Million Dollar List
Graham-Pelton
I apologize for the changing format of these blog posts. As my workload has changed, it has become more challenging to spend as much time on these as I once did. I'm working to make these posts more sustainable going forward for both myself as well as anyone else who takes on communication for the chapter in the future.
These U.S. Colleges Produce The Most Billionaires Financial Advisor Magazine
Giving Collaboratives – a podcast The Helen Brown Group
5 Tips for Getting Started with a Dashboard Bentz Whaley Flessner
Digital payments could negatively affect luxury goods industry: Survey Moneycontrol.com
Up in the Air: Travel Habits of the Wealthy Luxury Society
Investor appetite for high-growth IPOs to be tested Financial Times
Rescue Mission: What This Bailout of an Arts Institution Tells Us About the Future of Philanthropy Inside Philanthropy
Greenwich Homes Get Cheaper And Finally Start Selling Again Private Wealth
To Advocate Or Not To Advocate - There Is No Question! Jennifer Filla
Manhattan Luxury Market Bounces Back After Slowdown Mansion Global
Looking for a bargain on housing? Dallas isn't the place anymore Dallas Morning News
Advisers to the Ultra-Rich Try to Treat Art as Just Another Asset Bloomberg
Here’s how many wealthy family investment offices are cropping up in DFW Dallas Business Journal
The Third Sector and the Fourth Estate The Helen Brown Group
Bridging the Divide Between Frontline Fundraisers and Operations Staff
Bentz Whaley Flessner
Philanthropy In America Is Becoming 'Ideological Arms Race,' Author Says
NPR
How Top Philanthropists Wield Power Through Their Donations
The 25 Highest Paying Companies in America for 2017
Inc.
Dear Analyst 12: Wealth Tracker
Apra Illinois
Steve Ballmer Serves Up a Fascinating Data Trove
The 2017 Midas Brink List
Apra Carolinas Q & A with Scholarship Winner, Amy Jackson
Ultra-Rich Millennials Eyeing Changes To Family Portfolios
This Spring, You Won't Have To Be Rich To Own A Picasso
As With Fine Wine, Vintage Year Is Also Important For Private Equity
On Philanthropy: Focused mission statements help donors decide where to direct their money
Strong mission statements can also help guide our prospect research for the organization.
Blowback: When Big Donors Turn Out to Be Shady Characters
I don't know if it is a coincidence or not, but Helen Brown did a piece later this week regarding due diligence.
Match Makers: Round 2
The Prospect Development Edition.
You Turned the Prospect Into a Donor – Now Keep Them!
Important information on fundraising compliance.
Apra Metro DC Conference
Check out the hashtag if you want to look back on the great content that was shared!
What about those holes?
A wonderful contributor to the PRSPCT-L shared this link on researching LLCs.
Mega-gifts Are Rising and Alumni Giving Is Shrinking. Which Means What, Exactly?
Information based on a new survey from Marts & Lundy.
Where do millennials want to live? Dallas tops other Texas cities
This is based on one data point from Mayflower Moving, but they certainly have an interesting perspective.
Doing Your Due Diligence
Terrific article from Helen Brown.
I apologize for the dearth of articles this week, I'll try and get back to our normal volume next week!
--Matt
The “Wealth” of Social Data
Fascinating post from Bentz Whaley Flessner.
Housing in DFW is becoming less affordable, y'all
All six counties in Dallas-Fort Worth, including Dallas County, Collin County, Denton County, Tarrant County, Johnson County and Ellis County, sit below the normal affordability index of each respective county.
The Billionaire Census 2017 reveals 1 in 5 #billionaires experienced a fluctuation of over 20% in their net worth
As the Prospect Research Institute asked, "Time to update those capacity ratings?"
Women still miss out on management in finance
The majority of junior staff working in financial services are women but only one in four of those who reach a senior role is female, according to exclusive Financial Times data that highlight the struggle the industry faces to close the gender gap.
The New Gilded Age
Elizabeth Roma wrote a wonderful piece on The Helen Brown Group's blog.
A deep look at Google’s biggest-ever search quality crisis
Thanks to Helen Brown for sharing this piece from Danny Sullivan.
A philanthropic boom: “donor-advised funds”
The Economist has a good piece on the rise of DAFs. They followed it up with a graph of DAF-providers.
Researcher's dilemma. BUT we're so good we'll figure it out anyway. #ResearchPride pic.twitter.com/Vj97asTssu— Apra Carolinas (@ApraCarolinas) March 28, 2017
Researcher's dilemma. BUT we're so good we'll figure it out anyway. #ResearchPride pic.twitter.com/Vj97asTssu
This frustration is real!
How to Sell Your Business--and Keep It Too
How Restaurants Use Big Data to Learn More About Their Customers
The Problem With Modern Philanthropy
Dallas-area home prices head higher in Case-Shiller report
Fundraising Blog Feeds
The Prospect Research Institute has a curated fundraising blog feed with prospect research in mind!
The Top 20 Venture Capitalists Worldwide
Free guide to GDPR and data protection for charities published today
Thanks to Richard Sved for sharing this link.
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