How much money does a person need to be considered wealthy? Survey data from Charles Schwab found the average answer was $2.15 million, but that figure varies wildly from, say, San Francisco compared to Dallas. 

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/18/how-much-to-be-wealthy-depends-where-you-live.html

"Whether you’re trying to learn more about current prospects, searching for new prospects, or applying for grants or sponsorship, foundation research is a major asset." 

https://www.iwave.com/2016/04/13/foundations-public-charities-research-101-2/

James Gilmer, a compliance specialist for Harbor Compliance, talks about charitable solicitation compliance and how important it is that our nonprofits look their best to the potential donors researching us:

http://www.jenniferfilla.com/donor-research-two-way-street/

Check out this article for some gems from the 2016 Knight Frank Wealth Report...and some reasons why you should download the entire report! 

https://www.helenbrowngroup.com/best-highlights-of-the-knight-frank-wealth-report-2016/

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Heather Willis a Helen Brown Group researcher who lives in Montana, takes a look at the characteristics of farmers and ranchers who may have significant philanthropic potential: 

https://www.helenbrowngroup.com/prospects-that-cultivate-themselves/

he founder of China’s Tencent, Pony Ma, said he plans to donate 100 million company shares worth more than $2 billion to the firm’s charity foundation:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tencent-charity-idUSKCN0XG007

Check out this article on family trusts, originally published in the Hong Kong Economic Journal:

http://www.ejinsight.com/20160425-family-trust-passing-wealth-over-generations/

The 400 taxpayers with the highest incomes in 2013 donated more than $12 billion to charity or about 6 percent of the charitable-contribution deductions claimed by all taxpayers who filed itemized returns that year. Twenty years ago, the top 400 were only responsible for a little more than 1 percent of all charitable deductions.

https://philanthropy.com/article/400-Top-Wage-Earners-Gave-an/236150/

41 percent of funds raised by super PACs has come from just 50 mega-donors and their relatives. Does this concentration of political wealth hark back to how presidential campaigns in the U.S. Gilded Age were financed?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-new-gilded-age-close-to-half-of-all-super-pac-money-comes-from-50-donors/2016/04/15/63dc363c-01b4-11e6-9d36-33d198ea26c5_story.html