Philanthropy Charity category: 319 books
With Us Always
A History of Private Charity and Public Welfare
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 1998
Although welfare reform is currently the government's top priority, most discussions about the public's responsibility to the poor neglect an informed historical perspective. This important book provides a crucial examination of past attempts, both in this country and abroad, to balance the efforts...
The Lemonade Ripple
A Sweet Story of Kindness and Charity
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
When Caroline watches her disabled friend Shannon struggling with an old, rusty, squeaking, and wobbling wheelchair, she decides to use her grandmother’s secret recipe to make and sell lemonade to raise money for a brand-new wheelchair. When the neighborhood kids see Caroline trying to help, they...
Poor People's Medicine
Medicaid and American Charity Care since 1965
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2006
Poor People’s Medicine is a detailed history of Medicaid since its beginning in 1965. Federally aided and state-operated, Medicaid is the single most important source of medical care for the poorest citizens of the United States. From acute hospitalization to long-term nursing-home care, the nation’s...
Gifts of Time and Money
The Role of Charity in America's Communities
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2005
Policymakers, civic leaders, and scholars have increasingly focused their attention over the last decade-and-a-half on the importance of voluntary participation in civil society. From George H. W. Bush's Thousand Points of Light to Bill Clinton's AmeriCorps to George W. Bush's faith-based initiatives,...
Almost Worthy
The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
In the 1880s, social reform leaders warned that the "unworthy" poor were taking charitable relief intended for the truly deserving. Armed with statistics and confused notions of evolution, these "scientific charity" reformers founded organizations intent on limiting access to relief by the most morally,...
by June Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
The Protestant Orphan Society, founded in Dublin in 1828, managed a carefully-regulated boarding-out and apprenticeship scheme. This book examines its origins, its forward-thinking policies, and particularly its investment in children’s health, the part women played in the charity, opposition to...
Spendenkritik
Einwände gegen die Charity-Industrie und Anstöße zu einem Spendenwesen ohne Begehrlichkeiten
Language: German
Release Date: May 2, 2019
Was müssen Spender über die Methoden wissen, mit denen man ihnen ein gutes Gefühl verkauft? Was sollten Fundraiser wissen, die sich für eine neue Kultur der Verantwortung positionieren wollen? Dieses Buch ist eine Zusammenfassung der seit 2004 bis in die jüngste Zeit veröffentlichten Kritik...
Through Prison Bars
The Lives and Labours of John Howard and Elizabeth Fry
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
A fascinating look—first published in 1894—at two philanthropists known as the “Prisoner’s Friends” and the early history of prison reform.
Prisons in England were once dark, inhumane places lacking any regulations. The facilities were poorly managed and unsanitary, and prisoners...
Morton F. Plant and the Connecticut Shoreline
Philanthropy in the Gilded Age
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Gilded Age financier Morton F. Plant inherited his father's transportation empire determined to improve his community. A dreamer eager to invest in innovative technology and grass-roots community causes alike, Plant's influence ran deep on the Connecticut shoreline prior to World War I, and his legacy...
The Greater Good
How Philanthropy Drives the American Economy and Can Save Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
A persuasive re-examination of American prosperity and the generosity that has built our nation
For over a century, the United States has stood as a beacon of prosperity and democracy, proof that big business and big dreams could flourish side by side. Yet few Americans realize the crucial...
Planned Giving
How to Ask for Transformational Legacy Gifts
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Planned Giving is the next great frontier in philanthropy. There has been double-digit growth in planned gifts over the past few years and that trend will continue. Non-profits that can invest some time each week in cultivating these gifts will see fundraising success for years to come.
This...
Andrew Carnegie
Little Boss
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Andrew Carnegie (1835–1922) was a mass of contradictions: a radical Chartist who became a rabid capitalist, an idealist who was also a profound cynic, a committed pacifist who also played a crucial role in the opening part of the American Civil War, and a ladies’ man who had to wait until his...
by Oscar Wilde
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2015
“(T)he past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.”
Published originally as “The Soul of Man Under Socialism,” this is not so much a work of sober political analysis; rather it can be summed up as a rhapsodic manifesto...
Summary & Analysis of Winners Take All
The Elite Charade of Changing the World | A Guide to the Book by Anand Giridharadas
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
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Columnist and political analyst Anand Giridharadas exposes the deep secrets of how a few wealthy individuals...