The Right Thing To Do

Lotus Mortgage donated 1/2 of net profits each year to a non-profit. Clients from that year nominated non-profits, and all clients from our whole history then get to vote on which of the nominees receives it.

This enables us to make a real impact in our community (or in the world) on behalf of our clients; a few dollars here and there would still be wonderful, but 1/2 our net profits is more likely to make a real difference for that year’s non-profit partner.

What should we do now? As an owner/manager of a company, it was relatively simple to format the company as a partner to non-profits. But we can serve our clients much better now through Gateway Mortgage LLC than we could have at Lotus Mortgage. I will continue to support, and seek support from, non-profits as I continue as a mortgage banker/broker. Just how? Well, I’d like to hear your thoughts.

The philosophy behind the policy will remain the same:

We posit that the for-profit and non-profit worlds are intertwined. When we ignore the fact that both types of organizations play important roles in our lives, when we see an individual as a “non-profit type” or a “business type”, we create a false dichotomy. Imagine a world in which non-profits did not have to exist to combat the side effects of doing “business”. Imagine a world in which businesses did not see non-profits as mere P.R. opportunities, or competitors for office space, or even worse, as “do-gooders” working against commercial interests.

Every citizen of the United States benefits from both kinds of organizations. Lotus Mortgage intends to demonstrate that when a business partners with non-profits, instead of simply patronizing them, a whole is created that is larger than the sum of its parts. The community of our clients supports non-profits, which support the community, which supports Marcus Reed and Gateway Mortgage Group LLC. Everyone wins and resources are no longer wasted in misguided competition or conflict.

The individual client wins, too. Each client facilitates these noble causes while saving money and having a “custom-made” mortgage created to maximize their financial benefit.