Ernest J. Ishtook Jr. Quotes

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

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

I'm all in favor of supporting fancy museums and elite schools, but face it: These aren't really charities as most people understand the term.

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.

When a donor is asked to contribute to a group whose innocuous-sounding name makes it appear to be doing work in the public interest, that donor should have a clear picture of where his or her money is going.

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

I'm very, very involved in charities involving youth.

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.

Unfortunately, the mechanism for doing philanthropy in a structured way isn't yet in place in India. I already do a fair bit and support various causes such as education, sanitation, health. But selling costly drugs at affordable prices is philanthropy in itself.

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

It's hard to be a good philanthropist in China.

I've been exploring different options for when I'm done skiing. I have the Turtle Ridge Foundation, which is helping a bunch of worthy causes around the Northeast. I've also started SkiSpace, which is an online social network that basically deals with all things based around any snow sport.

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.

At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.

I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year.

I think we really feel like Crowdrise could be something that, 20 years from now, people take for granted because that's just how you do it, like if you're going to raise money for something, that's how you do it.

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

I am a charity campaigner.

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

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

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

In the charitable world, I find myself giving to large projects that I think can make a large-scale impact.

If people see that I'm fully committed to my chosen charities and fully engaged in their issues, maybe they'll click a link to find out more.

I think that with the success of the team, more people realize that Blackhawks charities exist.

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.