How to decide who merits your money

Patrick Renn

Special to the Village News

Not long ago, Jeff Bezos took to Twitter to ask the world for charitable-giving ideas.

The Amazon.com founder sought a charitable strategy that looked at the long-term, and soon he was inundated with suggestions.

Of course, Bezos has plenty of money to give, but you don’t need to be a billionaire to reach a point in life when you start feeling the charitable urge.

There comes a time when many of us want to do more than just accumulate money and property. You want to distribute the bounty. You want to enjoy what you worked to acquire, of course, but part...