Philanthropy Charity category: 319 books
The moral marketplace
How mission-driven millennials and social entrepreneurs are changing our world
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
Enter the world of the social entrepreneur. A global community of doers, thinkers and leaders who mix business with grass-roots activism to make social change possible. Vinod Kapur created a new breed of chicken that feeds some of the world’s poorest villagers. Betty Makoni empowers young women...
How to Be an Everyday Philanthropist
330 Ways to Make a Difference in Your Home, Community, and World–at No Cost!
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Want to help make your community, your town—your world—a better place, but don’t know where to begin? How To Be An Everyday Philanthropist shows you the way. A handbook, a resource guide, a call to action, and an inspiration, it offers 330 concrete, direct ideas for making a difference—all...
Golden Donors
A New Anatomy of the Great Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
The world of the golden donors - the rich and influential philanthropic foundations - is quite likely the least known and yet most pervasive of all the invisible money and power networks in America. Nielsen explores the 36 largest of the 22,000 currently active foundations. He takes the reader inside...
A Fraught Embrace
The Romance and Reality of AIDS Altruism in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
The complex relationships between altruists, beneficiaries, and brokers in the global effort to fight AIDS in Africa
In the wake of the AIDS pandemic, legions of organizations and compassionate individuals descended on Africa from faraway places to offer their help and save lives. A Fraught...
Wishman
Kindness, Close Calls and the Magic of Making Wishes Come True
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
The story drops into Frank's sad and difficult childhood - a childhood that was not his, but the byproduct of his mother’s whims. Constantly on the move and frequently hungry and homeless, doing without was the norm. Along his journey, glimmers of kindness from strangers were extended from communities...
Cultures of Doing Good
Anthropologists and NGOs
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
Anthropological field studies of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in their unique cultural and political contexts.
Cultures of Doing Good: Anthropologists and NGOs serves as a foundational text to advance a growing subfield of social science inquiry: the anthropology of nongovernmental...
Nonprofits in Crisis
Economic Development, Risk, and the Philanthropic Kuznets Curve
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Why do some countries have a vibrant nonprofit sector while others do not? Nonprofits in Crisis explores the theory of risk as a major mechanism through which economic development influences the nonprofit sector. Nuno S. Themudo elaborates this idea by focusing on Mexican nonprofit organizations,...
Burden or Benefit?
Imperial Benevolence and Its Legacies
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2008
In the name of benevolence, philanthropy, and humanitarian aid, individuals, groups, and nations have sought to assist others and to redress forms of suffering and deprivation. Yet the inherent imbalances of power between the giver and the recipient of this benevolence have called into question the...
Entrusted
The Moral Responsibilities of Trusteeship
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 1995
Entrusted provides a much needed contribution to the literature on ethics in the healthcare arena." —Health Progress
A splendid and invaluable book, one every trustee with an active conscience would want to read and one every trustee with a dormant conscience ought to read." —Richard Chait,...
American Generosity
Who Gives and Why
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
American charitable giving veers from the hyperbolically generous to the hyperbolically stingy. On some days, no one has a quarter to spare; in times of disaster, Americans will put their lives on hold to build houses for those displaced by hurricanes. The crucial question of who gives and why they...
by Blake Mycoskie
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
The incredible story of the man behind TOMS Shoes and One for One, the revolutionary business model that marries fun, profit, and social good.
“A creative and open-hearted business model for our times.”—The Wall Street Journal
Why this book is for you:
• You’re ready...
More Than Good Intentions
Improving the Ways the World's Poor Borrow, Save, Farm, Learn, and Stay Healthy
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
A leading economist and researcher report from the front lines of a revolution in solving the world's most persistent problem.
When it comes to global poverty, people are passionate and polarized. At one extreme: We just need to invest more resources. At the other: We've thrown billions down...
Philanthrocapitalism
How Giving Can Save the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
For 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. Largely trained in the corporate world, these "social investors" are using big-business-style...
Citizen You
Doing Your Part to Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Just when the world needs it most, a new style of social engagement is emerging: Active Citizenship.
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A key member of one of New York’s most civic-minded families—one that has supported many of America’s notable institutions and deserving programs—Jonathan Tisch has devoted a lifetime...