Philanthropy Charity category: 319 books
by Dr. Joji Valli
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Increasing impact of the global corporations in all aspects of social life and in the environment has been the catalyst in the emergence of a new diversity of stakeholders demanding accountability about the impact of corporate activity in the life of the planet. Thus, these significant waves of increased...
Doing Good With Other People's Money
The Essential Guide to Winning Grants and Contracts
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
The ultimate nonprofit handbook for winning contracts and grant awards.
There’s only so much money to go around, and everybody wants it. So, how do you make sure your proposal stands out in the crowd?
Doing Good with Other People’s Money includes everything a fundraiser and grant...
Eleven Out of Ten
The Life and Work of David Pecaut
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2012
Visionary social entrepreneur David Pecaut’s life demonstrates how to make a positive impact on a community.
City builder David Pecaut has been called a visionary and a pragmatist, passionate and compassionate, a bridge builder, a catalyst, and a trailblazer. Though David was a business leader...
by Jennifer M. Morris
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
The Origins of UNICEF traces the history of the founding of the world’s most well-known and often controversial relief aid organization for children. UNICEF modeled itself after several national organizations as well as some of the early twentieth-century transnational and international relief aid...
Fundraising Ideas
Plan and run events to raise money for good causes
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
This book is written to assist those planning a fund-raising event, especially for those new to fund-raising, to share hints and ideas to help lead them around some of the pitfalls. Although tackling a fundraising event seems a daunting task to many, Molly Russell?s light hearted approach shows that...
Giving is Good For You
Why Britain Should Be Bothered and Give More
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Inequality in Britain is on the rise. Does this matter? Should we be bothered that the rich give proportionately much less than the poor? And that only a small minority of the very wealthy are giving generously? Ninety per cent of NHS trusts are restricting routine operations. Youth unemployment is...
by Iqbal Shah
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
Organization needs to devise policies regarding its ultimate operation towards the realization of its objectives. Strong policies inspire public and donors trust, check and balances power dynamics, help raise funds, lead towards stewardship of organization resources and assets, discourage fraud and...
Find Your Own Calcutta
Living a Life of Service and Meaning in a Selfish World
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
In a tumultuous and ever-changing world, it seems that it is becoming more difficult to find a life of meaning and service that can rise above the noise and distractions of the selfish times in which we live.
Find Your Own Calcutta brings to light the great example of Mother Teresa and others...
Vivre avec des sans-abri
Les itinérants de l’Outaouais et Jean-Louis Morin
Language: French
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Parmi les mendiants de nos rues, certains souffrent d’une désespérance liée souvent à des difficultés bien plus graves que de simples besoins d’argent. Défilent, dans Vivre avec des sans-abri, des gens de l’Outaouais, des gens comme nous, qui ont connu le découragement. Or, des hommes,...
Real Change Is Incremental
Reflections on What We Know, What We Do and How Little Things Make a Big Difference
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Real Change is Incremental is a broad-ranging collection of essays by a writer with broad-ranging interests, including magic, philosophy, poetry, comedy, and international development. An exploration of change and ideas through a series of reflections on knowledge, experience, and how we see the world,...
by Dr. Joji Valli
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
What is CSR? Can there be a single definition possible? What is CSR anyway? Until, last few decades of twentieth century, there was no explicit mention of the term Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR anywhere, though it was present. So this book will give in-depth overview of the theoretical aspects such as definitions, evolution, and philosophical impetus of the term CSR.
by Jules Okapi
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
“On Individualism and Conformity: Borat, Wall Street and the Problem with Cults,” embarks on a discussion of the current conceptions of individualism and identity in the United States, and how this gets warped in such a way as to actually reinforce conformity and compliance. This is the first...
Museums and Source Communities
A Routledge Reader
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2005
This volume combines some of the most influential published research in this emerging field with newly commissioned essays on the issues, problems and lessons involved in collaborating museums and source communities.
Focusing on museums in the UK, North America and the Pacific, the book highlights...
El santo que libertó una raza
Biografía de San Pedro Claver "El esclavo de los esclavos"
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2017
Pedro Claver es una de las figuras del siglo XVII. Hombre, sociólogo y santo. Testigo vivo de la tragedia social del continente negro, el reino de la esclavitud. Vio llegar a los hijos de África a las costas de América, encadenados. Su aspiración suprema fue hacerlos libres. Debió conocer su...