Led by Love

Have you ever experienced something tragic unfolding before your eyes and were unsure of how to respond? The abrupt shock initially terrifying and difficult to comprehend and yet instilling a sense of urgency to take action to help?

This fall, Broetje Family Trust employees are reading Brian McClaren’s book “We Make the Road by Walking.” Chapter 4 is entitled “Plotting Goodness.” We believe that philanthropic organizations are founded to plot goodness and to finance love.

How much money do you have? How are you spending and investing it? An awkward silence often enters the room when either of these questions are asked. Money and what we do with it has been a long-defined, private affair. Here at the Trust, we are embarking on a new path.