Richard Rawlings Quotes

The money that we make from the company goes into The Body Shop Foundation, which isn't one of those awful tax shelters like some in America. It just functions to take the money and give it away.

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.

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

As you might imagine, I'm approached by lots of organizations and lots of people who want me to support their various charitable efforts in some way. And I look at those requests, and I basically try to do what I can.

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.

If you are wealthy enough, use part or all of your Social Security proceeds to invest in a favorite cause or two. Invest 10 percent or 100 percent of your monthly Social Security check in your favorite charity, foundation, think tank, church or synagogue, or other good cause.

One of my dreams in life is to do fund-raising for the youth.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Many nonprofits rely on grants alone.

I have been raising money for the past 14 years for diabetes research.

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

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

I only wish I had more time for fund raising.

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.

If we get the donations, I think we're going to raise a significant amount of money; some will be used for some administered costs, but the public portion of that will go directly into grants.

Every moment of free time is eaten up by fundraising.