The book, The Storytelling Fundraiser: The Brain, Behavioral Economics, and Fundraising Story, is the first in a series of four books created by Russell James designed to help fundraisers and financial advisors understand how to effectively fundraise. This book specifically explains the "whys" of fundraising. The knowledge comes from years of teaching Charitable Gift Planning at the graduate level. Russell James makes this topic accessible and enjoyable for the busy professional.

A NIMCRUT allows the donor to contribute valuable antiques to charity.

A private foundation allows donors to contribute to foreign charities.

Media accounts, fund-raising periodicals, and some academic research have pointed to a coming windfall of charitable estate transfers driven by the graying of the population. This paper presents a comparison of estate gifts with the previous annual giving and volunteering of the deceased. Nonprofit managers who plan based on anticipated charitable giving estate windfalls may make inaccurate choices.