Dan Smith helps to raise $1.7m in donations for ten different charities giving rise to the question: why don’t more people give publicly?

How ironic that I became interested in charitable giving in a bid to become rich. At the heart of my decision to help others was a selfish desire to help myself.

2009, and my life was in turmoil. I quit alcohol to save my marriage, and my wife asked for a divorce. I gave all of my possessions to a friend, moved in with my parents, and ploughed eyeballs first into as many self-help books as I could find. And it was within the pages of these books that I first developed my get rich not so quick mentality.

“Many of the world’s richest individuals and most successful people have been devout tithers. By tithing regularly, you can put into motion God’s universal force, bringing you continual abundance.” Jack Canfield.