Philanthropy Charity category: 319 books
Doing Good Better
How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Most of us want to make a difference. We donate our time and money to charities and causes we deem worthy, choose careers we consider meaningful, and patronize businesses and buy products we believe make the world a better place. Unfortunately, we often base these decisions on assumptions and emotions...
by Gordon Owen, iGO eBooks
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
Guide and reference to fundraising techniques, things to consider, and contacts for new, small, and emerging Groups/ Organisations in the Charity Section seeking to improve their engagement with potential funders in the Corporate and Charitable Trusts/Foundations Sectors. This fifth edition update also...
Change a Life, Change your Own
Child Sponsorship, the Discourse of Development, and the Production of Ethical Subjects
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2018
“Change a Life, Change Your Own is a long-overdue adult discussion about how child sponsorship, a spectacularly successful fundraising tool, infantilizes both donor and recipient, turning good intentions into paternalism and reinforcing stereotypical Western ideas about helplessness and hopelessness...
The Boy With A bamboo Heart
The story of a street orphan who built a children’s charity
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
The Boy With A Bamboo Heart is the inspiring story of Dr Amporn Wathanavongs. Orphaned at 6 years of age in a remote village in rural Thailand, Lek was thrust into a life-long struggle to find his place in the world. Alone and impoverished, he survived by begging for food in the markets of Surin until...
Our Common Good
If the State provides less, who will provide more?
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Contemporary Britain is defined by the personal generosity and social commitment of our predecessors as much as by the state. But, as the state retreats, demands on the voluntary sector grow, the gap between the rich and the poor increases and charitable giving stagnates, our way of life is at risk....
The Big Cookie Proposition
Insights and Inspiration for a Generous New You
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Studies show that American Christians give only 3% of after-tax income to church, charity, and humanitarian causes. Why so little? In most cases, it’s not for lack of means or desire—they simply have yet to learn how people become givers. The Big Cookie Proposition is unlike any other book you’ve...
Connected for Good
A Gameplan for a Generous Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
The best kind of generosity is done with others, not for others. People of means and substance are growing weary of fundraising run by charity leaders who’ve adopted the tactics of professional salespeople. They’re looking for ways to make change that’s important to them, rather than just responding...
by Alan Scriven
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
In 1965, Alan Scriven's life was changed forever by ten days in the Shropshire hills.
The Longmynd Adventure Camp was set up in the 1950s by Shropshire policeman Bill Williams, to provide a small group of boys from the poorer areas of the industrialised West Midlands with fun, adventure, and...
Give Work
Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Want to end poverty for good? Entrepreneur and Samasource founder Leila Janah has the solution—give work, not aid.
“An audacious, inspiring, and practical book. Leila shows how it’s possible to build a successful business that lifts people out of poverty—not by giving them money but...
The Bill Cook Story II
The Re-Visionary
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Working from the spare bedroom of his Bloomington, Indiana, apartment in 1963 with a $1,500 investment, Bill Cook began to construct the wire guides, needles, and catheters that would become the foundation of the global multi-billion-dollar Cook Group. This story has been eloquently told in Bob Hammel’s...
by Ann E. Robertson, Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Girl Scouting came to Washington, DC, in June 1913 when Juliette Gordon Low decided her new girls� empowerment movement needed a national headquarters. Although the headquarters moved to New York City in 1916, the council in Washington, DC, is still actively involved in the programs. Girl Scouts of...
A Different Road
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
At times during his early years, Arthur Labatt felt like an observer of his own life: What was he supposed to do next? Where would his decisions take him? How would it all turn out?
Labatt was born into privilege, the youngest child of John Sackville Labatt, who, with his brother, Hugh, ran...
by Peter Krass
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011
One of the major figures in American history, Andrew Carnegie was a ruthless businessman who made his fortune in the steel industry and ultimately gave most of it away. He used his wealth to ascend the world's political stage, influencing the presidencies of Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, and...
Let It Go
My Extraordinary Story - From Refugee to Entrepreneur to Philanthropist
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2019
A moving memoir from a woman who made a fortune in a man's world and then gave it all away...soon to be turned into a film
In 1962, Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley created a software company when the concept of software barely existed. Freelance Programmers employed women to work on complex projects...