Philanthropy Charity category: 319 books
The End of Charity
Time for social enterprise
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Nic Frances is a social entrepreneur. He once worked for charity. This is the story of how he came to understand that charity can never deliver a just and sustainable world. It is only through a value-centred market economy that we will ever see real social change.
Breaking new ground and drawing...
With Charity for All
Why Charities Are Failing and a Better Way to Give
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Vast and largely unexamined, the world of American charities accounts for fully 10 percent of economic activity in this country, yet operates with little accountability, no real barriers to entry, and a stunning lack of evidence of effectiveness. In With Charity for All, Ken Stern reveals a problem...
Giving Charities Green
A Funded & Practical Guide to Taking Your Charity Green
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015
Its time for your charity to embrace and embed environmental sustainability into your organization. This book will walk you through a proven process that was successfully embedded into one of North America's largest and oldest charities - the YMCA. It will help to proactively navigate obstacles,...
The Generosity Plan
Sharing Your Time, Treasure, and Talent to Shape the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Many of us have the desire to make a difference. But when it comes down to it, how many really know what steps to take and how to fit philanthropy into our lives. The Generosity Plan shows readers the unexpected benefits and joys of generosity in our daily lives. This smart, practical guide to philanthropy...
A Year of Living Generously
Dispatches from the Frontlines of Philanthropy
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
A Year of Living Generously follows award-winning journalist Lawrence Scanlan as he volunteers with 12 different charities, among them well-known institutions Habitat for Humanity, the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Canadian Crossroads.
Drawing from first-hand experiences - serving in a soup...
The Givers
Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
An inside look at the secretive world of elite philanthropists--and how they're quietly wielding ever more power to shape American life in ways both good and bad.
While media attention focuses on famous philanthropists such as Bill Gates and Charles Koch, thousands of donors are at work below...
Small Change
Why Business Won't Save the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2010
A powerful critique of a seemingly beneficial trend that is actually undermining the effectiveness of philanthropy Written by an insider -- a former official with several high-profile nonprofits Co-published with the prominent New York think tank Demos A new movement is afoot that promises to save...
In Chocolate We Trust
The Hershey Company Town Unwrapped
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
In Chocolate We Trust takes readers inside modern-day Hershey, Pennsylvania, headquarters of the iconic Hershey brand. A destination for chocolate enthusiasts since the early 1900s, Hershey has transformed from a model industrial town into a multifaceted suburbia powered by philanthropy. At its heart...
The Hogg Family and Houston
Philanthropy and the Civic Ideal
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Progressive former governor James Stephen Hogg moved his business headquarters to Houston in 1905. For seven decades, his children Will, Ima, and Mike Hogg used their political ties, social position, and family fortune to improve the lives of fellow Houstonians. As civic activists, they espoused...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
This book tells for the first time, in rich detail, and without apologetics, what Americans have done, in the voluntary sector and often without official sanction, for human welfare in all parts of the world. Beneath the currently fashionable rhetoric of anti-colonialism is the story of people who...
by Finn Aaserud
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
How and why do complex scientific disciplines such as physics change emphasis from one sub-discipline to another? Do such transitions stem entirely from developments within the discipline itself or also from external factors?
This book addresses these questions by examining the transition from...
by W. K. Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
In these works Professor Jordan studies the origins of modern social and cultural institutions in England. He is concerned with the momentous shift which occurred in men's aspirations for their society in the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as reflected in the charities which were...
by Jon Krakauer
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2018
Greg Mortenson, the bestselling author of Three Cups of Tea, is a man who has built a global reputation as a selfless humanitarian and children’s crusader, and he’s been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. But, as Jon Krakauer demonstrates in this extensively researched and penetrating book,...
by Gordon Owen
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
There are a number of ways in which a charity may be at risk of becoming embroiled in party politics, albeit unintentionally. These are set out under five headings, along with best practice advice covered in this eBook.
This eBook does not serve to advocate not developing a policy that...