Confero Spring 2015: Issue 10 | Page 3

Features Spring Issue 201 • Issue no. 1 5 0 12 16 18 REDEFINING CHARITY DEMONSTRATING GOOD STEWARDSHIP FOR ELEEMOSYNARIES TURNING ORDINARY CITIZENS INTO PHILANTHROPISTS charity: water is no ordinary non-profit. Read how the organization is not only solving the water crisis, but redefining charity in the process. In this article, Gabriel Potter and Thomas Zamiara provide an overview on stewardship principles and actionable tasks for eleemosynaries. Not everyone sees themselves as a philanthropist. The Rochester Area Community Foundation discusses how they turn everyday people into charity superstars. 12 22 ENDOWMENT AND FOUNDATION SPENDING GUIDELINES John Ameriks, Ph.D. goes over spending policy guidelines that balance two competing goals: maintaining the level of current spending, or preserving the endowment to support future spending. www.conferomag.com | 1