A method of managing a plurality of web sites, each of the web sites belonging to a corresponding philanthropic entity of a plurality of philanthropic entities, and each of the websites for soliciting philanthropic belief based contributions from a plurality of potential donors, comprising:
- (a) storing, by a philanthropic management system, philanthropic information related to beliefs or values of the philanthropic entities relating to situations, circumstances, or events that occur beyond the lifetimes of individuals identified with the philanthropic entities, the philanthropic information being based on Judeo-Christian beliefs or values including directives for stewardship of the Bible;
- for each of the websites, performing at least the following (b) through (f) by the philanthropic management system:
- (b) for the corresponding philanthropic entity, storing additional information relating to a brand of the corresponding philanthropic entity and associating the corresponding philanthropic information with the additional information, wherein the associating results in corresponding branded information including both the philanthropic information and the additional information, wherein the corresponding branded information visually presents the philanthropic entity as a source for the philanthropic information;
- (c) generating a first website, by the philanthropic management system, for accessing the corresponding branded information of the corresponding philanthropic entity and serving contents of the first website as contents of the website belonging to the corresponding philanthropic entity,
- wherein the corresponding branded information is accessible to a first potential donor for the corresponding philanthropic entity of the plurality of potential donors via a corresponding link in response to interaction by the potential donor with the website belonging to the corresponding philanthropic entity,
- wherein the first potential donor, the corresponding philanthropic entity, and the philanthropic management system are each third parties with respect to each other;
- (d) receiving, for the corresponding philanthropic entity, a request by the first potential donor for accessing the corresponding branded information via the corresponding link;
- (e) responsive to the receiving of (d), transmitting, for the corresponding philanthropic entity, a response to the request to the first potential donor, wherein the response include the corresponding branded information identifying the corresponding philanthropic entity;
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- (f) interactively communicating with the first potential donor through the website belonging to the corresponding philanthropic entity for providing data related to a quantitative financial or economic projection of a potential contribution by the first potential donor to the corresponding philanthropic entity, wherein the data is indicative of a net negative financial or economic impact to the first potential donor, and wherein the potential contribution is based on the Judeo-Christian beliefs or values including the directives for stewardship based on the Bible,
- wherein communications for the interactively communicating in (f) is private and secure between the potential donor and the philanthropic management provider,
- wherein the method further comprises performing at least the following (g) through (i):
- (g) receiving, via the Internet, from the first potential donor, contribution-related information for assisting the first potential donor in defining an initial agreement for contributing to one or more of the philanthropic entities selected by the first potential donor, wherein the contribution-related information includes at least one from a group consisting of:
- information for preparing a will, information for preparing a revocable living trust, information for preparing a bypass trust, information for preparing a testamentary charitable remainder trust, and information for preparing a children's trust;
- (h) providing the first potential donor with contact information to one or more individuals having professional knowledge in estate planning in charitable giving to the philanthropic entities selected by the first potential donor, wherein the individuals are selected by the philanthropic management system based upon information pertaining to beliefs or values of the individuals relating to situations, circumstances, or events that occur beyond the lifetime of the individuals, and wherein the first potential donor is able to select one of the individuals for assistance in defining initial agreement;
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- (i) for the first potential donor, transmitting via the Internet at least a portion of the contribution-related information to the one individual selected by the first potential donor, wherein the contribution-related information is utilized to prepare the initial agreement;
- wherein for the first potential donor, the potential donor executes the initial agreement thereby becoming a donor, and
- wherein the interactively communicating in (f) comprises performing at least the following:
- (f-1) notifying, through the website belonging to the corresponding philanthropic entity, the first potential donor of stewardship decision making consistent with the Judeo-Christian beliefs or values;
- (f-2) receiving from the first potential donor, by the philanthropic management system through the website belonging to the corresponding philanthropic entity, information on dependents;
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- (f-3) determining a distribution of an estate of the first potential donor based at least on the information on the dependents, wherein the distribution includes at least the potential contribution to the corresponding philanthropic entity.