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By Irene Sege, Globe Staff | December 28, 2004
CAMBRIDGE -- Christmas may be over, but not the season of giving. As the tax year draws to a close, checkbooks open for a rash of charitable donations. Until recently, Courtney Young's parents, wealthy as they are, were among those last-minute benefactors, capping off a year of giving characterized more by mood at the moment of request than any systematic plan.
Then Young, 25, got involved with Resource Generation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 to encourage young people of means to use philanthropy to encourage social change. Now, thanks to Young's prodding, her family thinks about targeting their charitable donations. Year's end has become a time for the family to establish their giving priorities for the year to come.
''It's a system in process,' says Young, who has moved from participating in Resource Generation's activities to working as its program coordinator. ''My dad is involved in philanthropy, but there was no giving plan that was thought out. He and I are in conversation about that, about how to be more strategic.'"
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