Charities and philanthropy Books
Hachette Books Social Startup Success
Book SynopsisWith business advice from an expert entrepreneur, learn how to identify and leverage the key factors that will bring sustainability and success to your startup.In order to make a difference, any modern nonprofit needs to achieve multimillion-dollar annual revenues. After surveying more than 200 high-performing entrepreneurs across the country—including the leaders of Teach for America, City Year, Donors Choose, charity: water, and Hot Bread Kitchen—Kathleen Kelly Janus is here to show you how to reach and sustain lasting organizational growth. Janus asked a simple question: “What is the key to nonprofit success?” The answers she received reveal five key strategies responsible for the most successful social startups: Testing Ideas Measuring Impact Funding Experimentation Leading Collaboratively Telling Compelling Stories In these uncertain times, we need every bit of creativity and determination to find better solutions. The stories in Social Startup Success and the tools it recommends will help you to make your organization—whether a fledging startup or a large, well-established operation—thrive.
£14.24
Bristol University Press What Is Philanthropy For?
Book SynopsisDoes charitable giving still matter but need to change? Philanthropy, the use of private assets for public good, has been much criticised in recent years. Do elite philanthropists wield too much power? Is big-money philanthropy unaccountable and therefore anti-democratic? And what about so-called “tainted donations” and “dark money” funding pseudo-philanthropic political projects? The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified many of these criticisms, leading some to conclude that philanthropy needs to be fundamentally reshaped if it is to play a positive role in our future. Rhodri Davies, drawing on his deep knowledge of the past and present landscape of philanthropy, explains why it’s important to ask what philanthropy is for because it has for centuries played a major role in shaping our world. Considering the alternatives, including charity, justice, taxation, the state, democracy and the market, he examines the pressing questions that philanthropy must tackle if it is to be equal to the challenges of the 21st century.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Philanthropy or Charity? 3. Philanthropy or Justice? 4. Philanthropy or the State? 5. Philanthropy or Democracy? 6. Philanthropy or the Market? 7. Conclusion: Where Next for Philanthropy?
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PublicAffairs,U.S. The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney
Book SynopsisThis substantially updated edition of the Business Week bestseller and an Economist Best Book of the year" tells the story of the secretive billionaire-turned-philanthropist, who is determined to give away his fortune before he dies.Chuck Feeney was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to a blue-collar Irish-American family during the Depression. After service in the Korean War, he made a fortune as founder of Duty Free Shoppers, the world's largest duty-free retail chain. By 1988, he was hailed by Forbes Magazine as the twenty-fourth richest American alive. But secretly Feeney had already transferred all his wealth to his foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies. Only in 1997 when he sold his duty free interests, was he outed" as one of the greatest and most mysterious American philanthropists in modern times. After going underground" again, he emerged in 2005 to cooperate on a biography promoting giving while living. Now in his mid-seventies, Feeney is determined his foundation should spend down the remaining 4 billion in his lifetime.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc What It Takes to Save a Life
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book holds out an invitation. Dr. Kwane Stewart's vulnerability, tender heart, and longing to make the homeless and their pets less invisible, calls us all to kindness and loving attention." — -FATHER GREGORY BOYLE, New York Times bestselling author of Tattoos On the Heart and Founder, Homeboy Industries "Stewart's memoir is a guaranteed tearjerker...Through it all, the animals prevail." — Booklist
£20.90
John Wiley & Sons Giving Circles
Book SynopsisAngela M. Eikenberry is Assistant Professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. She has worked as a development consultant and is a member of a giving circle.
£38.25
MIT Press Ltd How We Give Now A Philanthropic Guide for the
Book SynopsisFrom Go Fund Me to philanthropy: the everyday ways that we can give our money, our time, and even our data to help our communities and seek justice.In How We Give Now, Lucy Bernholz shows that philanthropy is more than writing a check and claiming a tax deduction. For most of us--the non-wealthy givers--philanthropy can be a way of living our values and fully participating in society. We give in all kinds of ways--shopping at certain businesses, canvassing for candidates, donating money, and making conscious choices with our retirement funds. We give our cash, our time, and even our data to make the world a better place. Bernholz takes readers on a tour of the often-overlooked worlds of participatory philanthropy, learning from a diverse group of forty resourceful givers. Donating our digitized personal data is an emerging form of philanthropy, and Bernholz describes safe, equitable, and effective ways of doing so--giving genetic data for medical research
£21.60
Open University Press Supervision in the Psychological Professions
Book SynopsisA truly innovative gem of a book, Supervision in the Psychological Professions empowers psychologists in all fields to become highly skilled and successful in their application of supervisory processes and methods. As the psychological professions move toward mandating supervision, this book expertly bridges the gap between philosophy and practice. It offers a practical, accessible and conceptual approach for those wanting to hone their knowledge and skills in this increasingly important area. Inviting the reader to reflect on their own practice through reflective questions, case studies and exercises, Lane, Watts and Corrie skilfully highlight how the supervisor and supervisee can negotiate an effective relationship within agreed frameworks. Covering the new supervision regulation at local, national and international levels, this practical guide is a must have read for practitioners across psychological niches from forensic to mental health and from coachinTable of ContentsPart 1- Core Elements for Considering a Model of Supervision PracticeChapter 1: The Role of Supervision in Contemporary Psychological Practice: An Introduction and OrientationChapter 2: What makes Supervision a Worthwhile Endeavour: Defining your PurposeChapter 3: Perspectives on Psychological Supervision: Informing your journeyChapter 4: Delivering Supervision Effectively: Devising your Process Part 2- Models of Supervision Practice in Different Contexts Chapter 5: Supervision for Clinical Psychologists: Enhancing Practice in a Complex Health Care ClimateChapter 6: Health Psychology Supervision - learning from the voices of traineesChapter 7: Supervision for Trauma: Working through the Pain Chapter 8: Supervision in Educational Psychology Practice: Challenges and ConsiderationsChapter 9: Supervision in Applied Sport Psychology: Challenges and Future DirectionsChapter 10: Supervision in Counselling Psychology: A lifetime CommitmentChapter 11: Supervision in Coaching Psychology: A systemic Developmental Psychological PerspectiveChapter 12: Supervision in industrial, work, organisational & occupational psychology: an emergent model of supervision-in-action as community of practicePart 3- Building your own Model of Supervision PracticeChapter 13: Building you own framework for supervisionEpilogue Constructing the Future
£33.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Philanthropy: Past, Present & Future Perspectives
Book SynopsisPhilanthropy is a general term used to describe actions taken by individuals and organizations to benefit social units and universal causes. In practical terms, philanthropy is a type of social movement for the sake of human needs and generally refers to individual contributions or those of larger organizations aiming to serve the public good. This book discusses the past, present and future perspectives of philanthropy. Chapter One examines the tensions between discourses of philanthropy, social welfare, and social reform as they played out in parliamentary debates around proposed legislation and in localised public debates in the province of Auckland in New Zealand in the early 1870s. Chapter Two addresses the link between individual level theories of volunteering and organizational level approaches of philanthropic activity. Chapter Three discusses rational philanthropy in the Muslim world.
£92.79
Greenleaf Book Group LLC Because I Said I Would
Book SynopsisHas the word promise lost its meaning? "Too often we make promises little and big that we do not honor. A promise to your dad. A promise to yourself. It becomes easy to say 'I'll get to it' or 'Tomorrow.'" On the morning of September 9th, 2012, Alex Sheen spoke these words at this father's funeral in a eulogy titled because I said I would. Fighting back tears, Alex talked about how his dad always kept his promises. Alex introduced the idea of Promise Cards at his father's funeral. You write your promise on a card, and then you give it to the person you are making that commitment to as a symbol of your honor. The only way to earn the card back is to keep your promise. Alex offered to mail these cards to anyone who had a promise to make, at no cost to them. What was meant to be the final words honoring one man's life would become a new beginning for millions. The Promise Card became a worldwide phenomenon. By request only, over 9.81 million Promise Cards have been distributed to over 150 countries. because I said I would is a collection of stories and promises made by the people who received those cards. Heartwarming, humorous, inspirational, and tragic--these stories will challenge readers to look deep within themselves and consider the importance of the promises they make. This book offers unique life lessons, not from experts or academics, but rather from everyday people who fight through adversity to honor their word.
£20.66
Nova Science Publishers Inc Charitable Organizations: IRS Oversight & Tax
Book SynopsisIRS oversight of charitable organisations helps to ensure they abide by the purposes that justify their tax exemption and protects the sector from potential abuses and loss of confidence by the donor community. In recent years, reductions in IRS''s budget have raised concerns about the adequacy of IRS oversight. This book describes the charitable organisation sector; describes IRS oversight activities; determines how IRS assesses its oversight efforts; and determines how IRS collaborates with state charity regulators and U.S. Attorneys to identify and prosecute organisations suspected of engaging in fraudulent (or other criminal) activity. This book also provides an overview of recent changes affecting tax-exempt and charitable organisations, while also discussing issues that may be of legislative interest in the future.
£131.19
Biteback Publishing Charity Sucks
Book SynopsisIn the wake of recent scandals concerning charities such as Kids Company and BeatBullying, as well as the wave of suspicion they have generated about the third sector as a whole, celebrated restaurateur Iqbal Wahhab offers a scathing critique of the cosiness between government and charity, and proposes that the solution lies in business.Indeed, he believes we are entering a post-philanthropy age, where social entrepreneurs are better placed to sustainably solve our problems than the outdated and ineffective donations model. With social mobility on the wane and inequalities widening, he argues, the convention of paying taxes to provide a welfare state that fixes the problems of the poor and infirm is now considered a myth.The problem is that charities aren't evolving in the way businesses have to. They expand by the amount of hope and faith by which they can convince largely uninformed, if well-meaning, donors and philanthropists to finance them. Businesses expand through success, and success wins over hope.Put simply, Wahhab argues, charity sucks because business does it better.Trade Review'An ambitious new series that tackles the controversy of the topics explored with a mixture of intelligence and forthright argument from some excellent writers.' - The Observer
£9.50
Anvil Press Publishers Inc Door is Open, The
Book Synopsis'The Door Is Open' is a compassionate, reflective, and informative memoir about three-and-a-half years spent volunteering at a skid row drop-in centre in Vancouver's downtown eastside. In an area most renowned for its shocking social ills, and the notorious distinction of holding the country's "very poorest forward sortation area of all 7,000 postal prefixes," Bart Campbell dismantles our hard-held notions about poverty, the disenfranchised, substance abuse, and the nature of charity.'The Door Is Open' is one man's story of a transformative journey into the complicated and complex world of poverty. Finalist BC Book Prize Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize "His narrative reads like a 1930s 'noir' journey into the seamier sides of cities once prowled by the likes of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. It is this straight-up style that is both the book's strength and, on occasion, its only weak link. Readers looking for a sense of hope will find little of it in Campbell'sgritty descriptions. Indeed, some readers might mistake his unrelenting portrayl of skid row inhabitants as representative of the homeless population across Canada, most of whom are not victims of addiction or mental illness, but of an economy that has been stacked against them for most of their lives, if not for generations before." - Quill & Quire "What is most refreshing about Campbell's memoir is that it neither self-aggrandizes nor propagates a misinformed political message. His work has an objective tone and each chapter is well researched...this is one of the best books I've read all year." - Discorder Finalist City of Vancouver Book Prize
£12.34
Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. Freedom Run: A 100-Day, 3,452-Mile Journey Across
Book SynopsisWhen Jamie Summerlin felt the calling to do something more meaningful with his life, the Marine Corps veteran came up with an extreme idea. His desire to bring attention and assistance to wounded veterans led to a 100-day, 3,452-mile run across America. His journey was intended to inspire those who sacrificed for America''s freedom, but along the way Summerlin realized he was the one being inspired. Freedom Run not only tells the story of Summerlin''s amazing run across America and his attempt to raise awareness and money for charitable organizations that serve wounded U.S. veterans, but it reveals the heartfelt stories of the many veterans he met along the way. Beginning in Coos, Oregon, and ending in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Summerlin''s trek across the nation and the stories of the veterans he encountered serve as an inspiring and eye-opening tale of courage, determination, and honor in America.
£17.09
Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. Fundraising for Sport and Athletics
Book SynopsisMost athletic organizations - ranging from youth and junior level to collegiate and Olympic - have insufficient finances to meet operational need, requiring personnel to learn to proactively address resource deficiencies. This is particularly true in today''s financial landscape, as the volume and concentration of competition for fundraising dollars has exponentially increased.In the third edition of Fundraising for Sport and Athletics, author Richard Leonard expands upon the foundation of fundraising offered in previous editions with new, advanced strategies, updated fundraising program examples, and additional scholarly support of the administrative concepts. The discussion of fundraising programs has been developed to include additional aspects of the fundraising campaign including situational analysis, problem and goal statements, and tentative strategies. This edition modernizes the fundraising administrative concepts to integrate the most current standards and operational functions.Whether you are a student studying to be an athletic administrator or you are already a fundraising administrator, Fundraising Sport and Athletics contains the ideal mix of fundraising theory and practice that is essential for achieving athletic organization success.
£78.19
De Gruyter Contested Civic Spaces: A European Perspective
Book SynopsisFor some years, we have observed a broad public discussion over the shrinking civic space. While the focus has generally been on countries with authoritarian governance systems, it has more recently become apparent that the issue is neither restricted to these countries nor indeed to countries with weak or non-existing democracies. It has been demonstrated that the space in which civil society actors and individual citizens may contribute to public affairs is undergoing fundamental changes in Europe. While in some areas, the clout of civic initiative is larger today than ever before, in others, civic action is highly disputed and governments are attempting to crowd out non-governmental actors from the public sphere. This edited volume examines the wellbeing of civil society in the Europe and its riparian states. Presented by experts from 12 European countries the book presents insights in the latest developments of civil society and aspect like the shifting interaction between the state, market and civil society or the influence of populist movements on civil society and tackles the question wether there is a shrinking civic space in Europe. It addresses policy and decision makers, civil society academics and actors in the field, as well as the public.
£61.50
HarperCollins India Doing Good: Navigating the CSR Maze in India
Book SynopsisCorporate Social Responsibility in India is a complex and varied concept with no clear definition. "Doing Good" aims to provide insight into CSR by drawing on the author's 15 years of experience as a practitioner and academic.
£19.50
Gefen Publishing House Mindful Fundraising
Book SynopsisWhere do I start? People who need to raise money for any type of organisation often wonder how to take the first steps. How can I ask others for money? Should I travel to make my pitch? What kind of materials should I send out? These questions and many more are addressed in this practical, nuts-and-bolts guide to fundraising by a seasoned professional. A chapter on fundraising in times of crisis sensitively addresses the most pressing issues fundraisers face today. For everyone from beginners to CEOs and lay leadership of non-profit organisations, this is the ultimate insiders guide.
£26.34
HarperCollins Publishers The Business of Philanthropy
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HarperCollins Leaving Microsoft To Change the World
£14.30
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Charity Detox
Book SynopsisThe veteran urban activist and author of the revolutionary Toxic Charity returns with a headline-making book that offers proven, results-oriented ideas for transforming our system of giving.In Toxic Charity, Robert D. Lupton revealed the truth about modern charity programs meant to help the poor and disenfranchised. While charity makes donors feel better, he argued, it often hurts those it seeks to help. At the forefront of this burgeoning yet ineffective compassion industry are American churches, which spend billions on dependency-producing programs, including food pantries. But what would charity look like if we, instead, measured it by its ability to alleviate poverty and needs?That is the question at the heart of Charity Detox. Drawing on his many decades of experience, Lupton outlines how to structure programs that actually improve the quality of life of the poor and disenfranchised. He introduces many strategies that are revolutionizing
£999.99
Penguin Publishing Group The Gospel of Wealth and Other Writing Penguin Classics
Book SynopsisWords of wisdom from American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie Focusing on Carnegie's most famous essay, The Gospel of Wealth, this book of his writings, published here together for the first time, demonstrates the late steel magnate's beliefs on wealth, poverty, the public good, and capitalism. Carnegie's commitment to ensuring and promoting the welfare of his fellow human beings through philanthropic deeds ranged from donations to universities and museums to establishing more than 2,500 public libraries in the English-speaking world, and he gave away more than $350 million toward those efforts during his lifetime. The Gospel of Wealth is an eloquent testament to the importance of charitable giving for the public good.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and
£14.89
Palgrave MacMillan UK Voluntary Action and Illegal Drugs Health and Society in Britain since the 1960s Science Technology and Medicine in Modern History
Book SynopsisA unique exploration of the changing ideas about the place of voluntarism and health care within society in Britain since the 1960s. By considering the work of voluntary organisations with illegal drug users, the authors provide a lens through which wider developments in the relationship between the state and civil society are examined.Trade Review'We are lucky that two such talented scholars, with such a wealth of knowledge in the field, have joined together to write this ambitious and analytically rich book.' Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph, Social History of Medicine, vol 24, no 3, December 2011Table of ContentsPreface Introduction PART I: 1960s-1970s The 'Old': Self-help, Phoenix House and the Rehabilitation of Drug Users The 'New'? New Social Movements and Release Drug Voluntary Organisations and the State in the 1960s and 1970s PART II: 1980s Rolling Back the State? The Central Funding Initiative for Drug Services Activism and Health: The Impact of AIDS PART II: 1990s-2000s Business Models or the Revival of the State? Users: Service Users and the Drug User Movement Conclusion Bibliography
£44.99
University of Notre Dame Press Dreamlife of a Philanthropist
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Random House USA Inc Three Cups of Deceit How Greg Mortenson
Book SynopsisGreg 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 bestselling author Jon Krakauer demonstrates in this extensively researched and penetrating book, he is not all that he appears to be. Based on wide-ranging interviews with former employees, board members, and others who have intimate knowledge of Mortenson and his charity, the Central Asia Institute, Three Cups of Deceit uncovers multiple layers of deception behind Mortenson’s public image. Was his crusade really inspired by a desire to repay the kindness of villagers who nursed him back to health when he became lost on his descent down K2? Was he abducted and held for eight days by the Taliban? Has his charity built all of the schools that he has claimed? This book is a passionately argued plea for the truth, and a tragi
£12.59
Random House USA Inc A Gift of Hope
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iUniverse The Art of Fund Raising
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iUniverse Reflections for the Effective Nonprofit Donor Quotes axioms and observations to help you fund our important institutions
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iUniverse Gods Duet The Ministry of Marie Sandvik and Doris Nye
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iUniverse Cases of Problematic Communication from College Students
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iUniverse Voice of the Poor Citizen Participation for Rebuilding New Orleans
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iUniverse Tell Me Your Story
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iUniverse Loving Our Neighbor A Thoughtful Approach to Helping People in Poverty
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iUniverse Loving Our Neighbor A Thoughtful Approach to Helping People in Poverty
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Community Organizing A Brief Introduction
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LIGHTNING SOURCE INC Redundant Charities
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Peter Winneke Give While You Live
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Fundraising for the Long Haul
Book SynopsisIn this companion to her classic, Fundraising for Social Change, Kim Klein distills her 25 years of experience and wisdom to provide the practical guidance for sustaining a long-term commitment to social change for organizations that are understaffed and under-resourced. Part of the new Kim Klein's Chardon Press Series from Jossey-Bass which focuses on providing fundraising and organizational development tools for community-based and social change organizations.Table of ContentsForeword v Acknowledgments vii Introduction ix Section 1 You Can Learn from My Mistakes 1 Lesson 1 The Importance of Prospect Research 3 Lesson 2 The Importance of Being Straightforward 6 Lesson 3 Practice Makes Perfect--or at least able to do the job 10 Lesson 4 The Pitfalls of Projecting Your Insecurities onto Others 12 Lesson 5 Haste Makes Waste 14 Lesson 6 The Importance of Process 17 Section 2 How to Have a Healthy Fundraising Program 23 Chapter 1 The Elements of a Healthy Fundraising Program 25 Chapter 2 The Elements of a Healthy Development Office 35 Chapter 3 Characteristics of a Healthy Fundraiser 45 Section 3 Common Obstacles to a Healthy Fundraising Program 55 Chapter 4 Founder's Syndrome 57 Chapter 5 The Organization Veers Away from Its Mission 71 Chapter 6 The Truth About Boards (and Fundraising) 89 Chapter 7 When Fundraising Strategies Wear Out 103 Chapter 8 Taking Donors for Granted 111 Section 4 Using Strategies Effectively Over Time 117 Chapter 9 Fundraising and Strategic Planning 119Chapter 10 Savings Accounts, Reserve Funds and Endowments 127 Chapter 11 Nonprofit Does Not Equal Anti-Profit: Getting Comfortable with Making Money 135 Chapter 12 Collaborative Fundraising 145 Chapter 13 Fundraising for the Long Haul 153 Bibliography 157 Index 159
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Jonathan Ball Publishers (Pty) Ltd And Still We Rise
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LEGARE STREET PR The Origan of the red Cross
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LEGARE STREET PR The Origan of the red Cross
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LEGARE STREET PR In Darkest England
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Legare Street Press A A Caridade em Lisboa Volume II
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Legare Street Press The The Poor And Their Happiness
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Legare Street Press Three Letters of Mr. George Peabody
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Legare Street Press The Almshouse Construction and Management
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Legare Street Press Signals of Distress In Refuges and Homes of Charity c.
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