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BUSINESSES

We will work your business's key stakeholders to identify and design strategic internal and external approaches to your community investment that enhance engagement of employees and customers.

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FAMILIES & INDIVIDUALS

No matter how far along you are with your charitable efforts, we will help you organize your approach, and strategically design, implement and evaluate your philanthropic plans.

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FOUNDATIONS

We will help your private or public foundation design and implement strategic plans to organize, manage, implement and evaluate its philanthropic mission.

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Bruce DeBoskey">Bruce DeBoskey
January 22, 2026

Senator Hubert Humphrey Told Me So

It was 1964. With my parents’ support, I volunteered to work on the campaign to elect Lyndon Johnson as President of the United States and Senator Hubert Humphrey as Vice President. One morning, seated with other volunteers at a long table in campaign headquarters in my hometown of South Bend, Indiana, we were busy stuffing… Read more »

 

In 2010, I started The DeBoskey Group to help people, foundations and businesses make smarter, more strategic and more impactful decisions about their philanthropy.  Since then, I have had the remarkable opportunity to work with individuals, families and corporate leaders to help them strategically deploy millions of dollars into the nonprofit sector.  It has been a joyful, inspiring and rewarding journey and I am grateful to my colleagues and clients for making it possible.

As of January 1, 2023, The DeBoskey Group is no longer accepting new clients and is winding down consulting services with existing clients. Fortunately, my trusted colleagues, Carey Wirtzfeld and Nancy Lippe, have started their own philanthropy advising practice and many of our clients are transitioning their work to the new firm.  Please check out PhilanthropyConnect and reach out to Nancy or Carey if you’re interested in learning more about what they can do for you, your family, business or foundation.

As for me, I’m not “retiring.” Rather, I’m “rewiring” my energy to some new projects in the personal, nonprofit, political, and for-profit arenas.  I look forward to making some “good trouble.”  In the meantime, thank you very much for your friendship, trust and confidence.

 – Bruce DeBoskey