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Howard Lake | 20 June 1999 | News
Stephen Lee reports on his experiences at the recent NSFRE conference in Miami in this month’s Professional Fundraising magazine. Focusing on “the new wealthy”, he shares the findings of a survey by the Community Foundation into 750 businessmen – “and they are mainly men”, notes Lee – in Silicon Valley with personal wealth over $1 million, not including their home.
Stephen Lee reports on his experiences at the recent NSFRE conference in Miami in this month’s Professional Fundraising magazine. Focusing on “the new wealthy”, he shares the findings of a survey by the Community Foundation into 750 businessmen – “and they are mainly men”, notes Lee – in Silicon Valley with personal wealth over $1 million, not including their home.
These people focus on a few charities and give large sums when they believe it will have a major impact. Not only are they not interested in “traditional voluntary roles” but “they use the internet as a primary source of information.”
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.