About us

Meet the Team

Justin Lopez

President & Philanthropic Consultant

Greg Ring

Senior Philanthropic Architect

Mike DeFrees

Relationship Director & Plan Integrator

What makes 25 Giving unique?

Find more needles in the hay stack with neutral, transparent philanthropic-planners.

We don’t represent one charity or one giving strategy. We can discuss the full spectrum with anyone. Odds are, we can help whether your nonprofit doesn’t frequently plan and execute asset donations or if you just want to deepen the strength of your bench. We would not replace a donor development or capital campaign team – if anything we maximize those investments.

Finding needles in the haystack – most development software will show a “wealth score” or someone’s giving potential – that’s great to understand, but we help find people with appreciated assets, so your nonprofit can be who tells them ways to save on capital gains taxes

Donors are often more willing to share broader details about their giving hopes and strategy with us because we’re not the nonprofit. It can be uncomfortable for donors to discuss the details of an upcoming business sale (or other liquidation event) with one charity that might benefit when multiple charities might benefit from the same event.

We don’t create “giving vehicles.” We do planning with donors and pull in the right partners to execute a plan. We provide project management support to the gifting process: a custom plan for the donor’s situation.