Edward Norton Quotes

I don't know if people understand that there are different ways to raise money for great causes.

Jessica Jackley has a gift for making people want to fork over their cash. To total strangers. Far, far away.

We went around and looked and talked to a lot of foundations with those charities and decided upon the Children's Hospital. They had a golf tournament at the time, but it was a small event that didn't raise a significant amount of money.

I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.

When people make donations to non profits, they want to know that their money goes to good use.

How I see my career is very much as an entrepreneur in the field of philanthropy.

Charity fundraising galas have always been a wonderful way to support a myriad of causes.

Today, we don't blink an eye when the world's wealthiest individuals donate enormous sums of money to charitable causes. In fact, we expect them to do so.

I launched Chefs for Humanity, a national nonprofit, with my voice, heart and money from my own pocket. Money gives you the ability to make a difference in the world and, when used in a positive way, is a lot of fun.

You have to offer a product that creates an environment that captures donations, but at the end of the day, it's not the environment that draws in the money but the cause.

I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls.

The Wellcome Trust is a hugely important organisation, and it is vital that its fundraising continues unabated.

I give away about 50 percent of my income, so my, you know, desire to give back to the country is pretty strong and I intend to give away a lot more. I've signed the giving pledge with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and I intend to give away the bulk of my money.

I wanted to share my love of coffee with a wider audience and also continue to raise money for The Thirst Project through Common Culture Coffee.

I don't think anyone enjoys raising money, but for some reason I seem to have a knack.

Meeting people who want to start a charity, help out their families, or raise money for a good cause has been really fun.

Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera.

I don't think I've got the expertise with which to nit-pick, and I freely admit that my motivation to support charities has been emotional, rather than as a result of being particularly well informed as to how the money is used.

A lot of other wealthy people feel the responsibility to take some of the wealth they've been given and give back: to give a lot of money to a particular cancer charity or to a group researching some particular disease or their alma mater. We haven't really found anything like that with Trump.

Pence is a fan of fundraising and does enjoy doing it.

My mother has been really instrumental in raising a lot of money through the Boys & Girls Club in my hometown.

I have a philanthropy advisor, Hari Menon, who was earlier at the Gates Foundation.

It was only in 2001 that I set up a foundation, Arghyam. That was pretty much to learn the ropes of how to give, what to do.

Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.

Shouldn't you put the same amount of effort into your giving as you might for your for-profit investments? After all, philanthropy is an investment, and one in which lives - not profits - are at stake.