Cam Anderson
History of efforts to harness compound growth
What guidance can we glean from prior attempts to harness the power of compound growth to benefit our societies? Multiple thinkers have...
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Cam Anderson
- Mar 31
- 5 min
Improving charities' current situation
Canada Helps has just published The Giving Report 2023[i]. The current situation and the underlying trends are concerning.
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Cam Anderson
- Feb 26
- 5 min
Specifying your giving intent for the deep future
How can your wishes and hopes for the future be recorded to ensure your donations will meet the needs of generations to come? This...
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Cam Anderson
- Jan 30
- 5 min
Giving future charities your $ Billions
If every individual could one day give billions, making a huge difference in future, then how donors direct their giving is crucial.
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Cam Anderson
- Dec 29, 2022
- 5 min
How anyone could donate $ Billions to charity
Fantastic news! Miriam Bergen, former owner and president of Appleton Holdings, gave 100 percent of Appleton’s shares, valued at about...
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Cam Anderson
- Nov 29, 2022
- 6 min
Part 2 - Calculating Inflated Payouts in Variable Markets
Payouts must vary with unpredictable investment results yet support donor intentions. How do future generations decide what exact dollar...
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Cam Anderson
- Oct 31, 2022
- 6 min
Part 1 Payout Planning for Variable Markets
How much should be paid out every 25 years, given markets can vary wildly?
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Cam Anderson
- Sep 26, 2022
- 5 min
Estimating future investment growth rates
What should we expect? Unpredictable market growth rates greatly impact the payouts anticipated. Let's assess!
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Cam Anderson
- Aug 31, 2022
- 5 min
Put Your Good Credit Rating to Good Use
Charities could benefit from your good credit rating
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Cam Anderson
- Jul 28, 2022
- 5 min
The minuscule cost for charities to achieve financial independence
As individuals, society expects that we plan for our retirement. How would this effort compare for charities to do the same?
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Cam Anderson
- Jun 30, 2022
- 7 min
If lack of money is chronic, should we only look after today’s needs?
Are the impacts and costs to set aside money for the deep future worth doing?
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Cam Anderson
- May 23, 2022
- 6 min
Spending Down Ever Larger Foundations. Repeatedly
Imagine if all foundations could pay out constant and ever-increasing amounts without limits. Here is one way....
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Cam Anderson
- Apr 26, 2022
- 5 min
How should society share scarce resources with the unborn? What is fair? Who decides?
The assessment concepts of intergenerational justice can assist our ethical measure of the impact of Ben's Way
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Cam Anderson
- Mar 27, 2022
- 8 min
Ideal Startup Part 4 - Designing for Security, Trust, Resilience and Flexibility (STRF)
Learn how any Ben's Way start-up can be built to earn customer confidence
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Cam Anderson
- Feb 21, 2022
- 5 min
Ideal Startup Part 3 – Examining the odds of success
Characteristics, draft financials and business environment that point to success
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Cam Anderson
- Jan 27, 2022
- 7 min
Ideal Startup Part 2 - The nine crucial questions test
Every business idea can be assessed, so we continue here from last month's article 'An Ideal Business Startup for You?' to see if the new...
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Cam Anderson
- Dec 30, 2021
- 4 min
Ideal Startup Part 1 - A Business for you?
This business is perfect for an individual who sees value in planting trees today to benefit tomorrow's generations.
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Cam Anderson
- Nov 26, 2021
- 3 min
Give a legacy gift that replicates
Imagine your end-of-life donation repeating every 15 years. Why this is important and should happen.
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Cam Anderson
- Oct 29, 2021
- 4 min
Switching Fundraising from Hunter-Gathering to Farming
When the growth in demand requires new sources of funds, finding new donors becomes a hunter-gatherer situation...
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Cam Anderson
- Sep 29, 2021
- 11 min
Canadian Government calls for comments on DQ
Operating charities recommend increasing the DQ to 5%, 10% or more. The Canadian Federal Government asked for input. My input is here.
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