Philanthropy
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Charity On Trial: What You Need to Know Before You Give
$7.95While the nation’s love affair with charities is strong and continuing, the increase in indicting news stories over the past several years has heightened the public’s interest, as well as its cynicism. In the midst of such scrutiny, Charity on Trial seeks to demystify what donors and others should expect from the charitable sector.
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Creating Change through Family Philanthropy: The Next Generation
$7.95Drawing on over 40 interviews, this is an essential guide for both young philanthropists and anyone working with wealthy families interested in ethical giving.
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Do More Than Give: Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World
$7.95In good economic times or bad, this book provides guidance for givers to increase the impact of their charitable resources and go beyond check-writing to help solve problems and change the world.
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Global Fundraising: How the World Is Changing the Rules of Philanthropy
$7.95A practical guide to the challenges and successes of global fundraising, written by an international team of highly respected philanthropy professionals and edited by two of the leading nonprofit thinkers, Global Fundraising is the first book to genuinely offer a global overview of philanthropy with an internationalist perspective.
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How to Be Great at Doing Good: Why Results Are What Count and How Smart Charity Can Change the World
$7.95Many of us donate to charitable causes, and millions more work or volunteer for non-profit organizations. Yet virtually none of us have been taught what it means to succeed at doing good, let alone how to do so. In short, we’ve never been encouraged to treat charity with the seriousness and rigor it deserves.
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Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy: Causes and Consequences of the Transfer of Wealth
$7.95Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy is your seminal guide to prepare for the coming intergenerational transfer of wealth that will affect your nonprofit and?philanthropy in general.
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Philanthrocapitalism: How Giving Can Save the World
$7.95For philanthropists of the past, charity was often a matter of simply giving money away. For the philanthrocapitalists – the new generation of billionaires who are reshaping the way they give-it’s like business.
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Small Change: Why Business Won’t Save the World
$7.95A new movement is afoot that promises to save the world by applying the magic of the market to the challenges of social change. Its supporters argue that using business principles to solve global problems is far more effective than more traditional approaches. What could be wrong with that?
Almost everything, argues former Ford Foundation director Michael Edwards.
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The Foundation: A great American secret; How private wealth is changing the world
$7.95Private foundations have been the dynamo of social change since their invention at the beginning of the last century. Yet just over 10 percent of the public knows they even exist; and for those who are aware of them, as well as even those who seek grants from them, their internal workings remain a complete mystery.
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The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism
$7.95The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism offers precise details on what, exactly, impact investing entails, embodied in the experiences and best and proven practices of some of the world’s most successful impact investors, across asset classes, geographies and areas of impact.