Jasmine Guinness Quotes

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

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.

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

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 system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar.

I've long wanted to find a charitable cause to really get involved with and be passionate about. I get invited to a lot of charity events to sing, and I am happy to help and bring a source of entertainment, but I'm sort of disconnected from them.

A lot of charities spend a million dollars on a fundraiser to make $15,000. It's a social swirl. They do some great stuff and then - it's called mission drift. It becomes more about the parties.

URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages.

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

I have failed a lot in my philanthropy, where I will make philanthropic contributions and they just won't be effective.

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.

My mom was on the United Way group that decides how to allocate the money and looks at all the different charities and makes the very hard decisions about where that pool of funds is going to go.

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

Nonprofits are the intermediaries between generosity and social change.

I'm obviously very involved with my own charity and foundation that I work with. Obviously, I'm very passionate about that.

Clearly, children's charities struggle to find private sources of money to sustain their benevolent programs.

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.

A philanthropic venture requires all the energy, knowledge and money from its founder that a company requires from the leadership team.

I've been a grant seeker all my life, but when I apply for one and get it, that means someone else doesn't. I didn't want to be a part of that anymore. I wanted to contribute to that pool and make it bigger.

I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.

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

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.

That's what PGA Tour golf is all about. It's a partnership with the community to help people to raise money for charity and to do it using golf as a platform.

I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year.

You can express your generosity in ways that are virtually limitless. This was what I wanted to convey in 'Giving 2.0' - that whether you have $10 or $10 million to give, if you identify the right opportunities and make the most of your resources, your impact can be tremendous.