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Author |
: Cook, Stephen |
Publisher |
: Policy Press |
Total Pages |
: 400 |
Release |
: 2021-04-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781447359883 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1447359887 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis What Have Charities Ever Done for Us? by : Cook, Stephen
What Have Charities Ever Done for Us? uses case studies and interviews to illustrate how charities support people and communities, foster heritage and culture and pioneer responses to crucial social, ethical and environmental questions.
Author |
: Cook, Stephen |
Publisher |
: Policy Press |
Total Pages |
: 376 |
Release |
: 2021-04-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781447359906 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1447359909 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis What Have Charities Ever Done for Us? by : Cook, Stephen
When the coronavirus pandemic took hold early in 2020, charities were among the first to respond to the resulting social and economic distress. But recent scandals and a more critical climate have overshadowed the vital role they play. What Have Charities Ever Done for Us? rebalances the debate, using case studies and interviews to illustrate how charities support people and communities, foster heritage and culture and pioneer responses to crucial social, ethical and environmental questions. It also sets the historical context, examines cases that have attracted criticisms, analyses the political response and considers how the governance, transparency and independence of charities could be improved. Charities at their best are the conscience of society and benefit most people at some point in their lives. This book brings to life the breadth and depth of their work and the contribution they make to social progress.
Author |
: Dan Pallotta |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2012-07-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781118237687 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1118237684 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Charity Case by : Dan Pallotta
A blueprint for a national leadership movement to transform the way the public thinks about giving Virtually everything our society has been taught about charity is backwards. We deny the social sector the ability to grow because of our short-sighted demand that it send every short-term dollar into direct services. Yet if the sector cannot grow, it can never match the scale of our great social problems. In the face of this dilemma, the sector has remained silent, defenseless, and disorganized. In Charity Case, Pallotta proposes a visionary solution: a Charity Defense Council to re-educate the public and give charities the freedom they need to solve our most pressing social issues. Proposes concrete steps for how a national Charity Defense Council will transform the public understanding of the humanitarian sector, including: building an anti-defamation league and legal defense for the sector, creating a massive national ongoing ad campaign to upgrade public literacy about giving, and ultimately enacting a National Civil Rights Act for Charity and Social Enterprise From Dan Pallotta, renowned builder of social movements and inventor of the multi-day charity event industry (including the AIDS Rides and Breast Cancer 3-Days) that has cumulatively raised over $1.1 billion for critical social causes The hotly-anticipated follow-up to Pallotta’s groundbreaking book Uncharitable Grounded in Pallotta’s clear vision and deep social sector experience, Charity Case is a fascinating wake-up call for fixing the culture that thwarts our charities’ ability to change the world.
Author |
: Lawrence J. Friedman |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 488 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 052181989X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521819893 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (9X Downloads) |
Synopsis Charity, Philanthropy, and Civility in American History by : Lawrence J. Friedman
This book presents professional historians addressing the dominant issues and theories offered to explain the history of American philanthropy and its role in American society. The essays develop and enlighten the major themes proposed by the books' editors, oftentimes taking issue with each other in the process. The overarching premise is that philanthropic activity in America has its roots in the desires of individuals to impose their visions of societal ideals or conceptions of truth upon their society. To do so, they have organized in groups, frequently defining themselves and their group's role in society in the process.
Author |
: Phil Buchanan |
Publisher |
: PublicAffairs |
Total Pages |
: 261 |
Release |
: 2019-04-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781541742239 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1541742230 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Giving Done Right by : Phil Buchanan
A practical guide to philanthropy at all levels of giving that seeks to educate and inspire A majority of American households give to charity in some form or another--from local donations to food banks, religious organizations, or schools, to contributions to prevent disease or protect basic freedoms. Whether you're in a position to give $1 or $1 million, every giver needs to answer the same question: How do I channel my giving effectively to make the greatest difference? In Giving Done Right, Phil Buchanan, the president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, arms donors with what it takes to do more good more quickly and to avoid predictable errors that lead too many astray. This crucial book will reveal the secrets and lessons learned from some of the biggest givers, from the work of software entrepreneur Tim Gill and his foundation to expand rights for LGBTQ people to the efforts of a midwestern entrepreneur whose faith told him he must do something about childhood slavery in Ghana. It busts commonly held myths and challenging the idea that "business thinking" holds the answer to effective philanthropy. And it offers the intellectual frameworks, data-driven insights, tools, and practical examples to allow readers to understand exactly what it takes to make a difference.
Author |
: Ken Stern |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 2013-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307743817 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307743810 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis With Charity For All by : Ken Stern
Each year, the average American household donates almost $2700 to charity. Yet, most donors know little about the American charitable sector and the nonprofit organizations they support. In With Charity For All, former NPR CEO Ken Stern exposes a field that few know: 1.1 million organizations, 10% of the national workforce, and $1.5 trillion in annual revenues. He chronicles the many flaws in the charity system, from tax-exempt charities such as bowl games, roller derby leagues, and beer festivals, to charitable hospitals that pay their executives into the millions, to--worst of all--organizations that raise millions of dollars without ever cracking the problem they have pledged to solve. With Charity For All provides an unflinching look at the philathropic sector but also offers an inspiring prescription for individual giving and widespread reform.
Author |
: Tony Juniper |
Publisher |
: Profile Books |
Total Pages |
: 382 |
Release |
: 2013-01-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781847659422 |
ISBN-13 |
: 184765942X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis What Has Nature Ever Done For Us? by : Tony Juniper
From Indian vultures to Chinese bees, Nature provides the 'natural services' that keep the economy going. From the recycling miracles in the soil; an army of predators ridding us of unwanted pests; an abundance of life creating a genetic codebook that underpins our food, pharmaceutical industries and much more, it has been estimated that these and other services are each year worth about double global GDP. Yet we take most of Nature's services for granted, imagining them free and limitless ... until they suddenly switch off. This is a book full of immediate, impactful stories, containing both warnings (such as in the tale of India's vultures, killed off by drugs given to cattle, leading to an epidemic of rabies) but also the positive (how birds protect fruit harvests, coral reefs protect coasts from storms and how the rainforests absorb billions of tonnes of carbon released from cars and power stations). Tony Juniper's book will change whole way you think about life, the planet and the economy
Author |
: Peter Singer |
Publisher |
: Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780812981568 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0812981561 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Life You Can Save by : Peter Singer
Argues that for the first time in history we're in a position to end extreme poverty throughout the world, both because of our unprecedented wealth and advances in technology, therefore we can no longer consider ourselves good people unless we give more to the poor. Reprint.
Author |
: Arthur C. Brooks |
Publisher |
: Basic Books |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 2007-12-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780465003655 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0465003656 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Who Really Cares by : Arthur C. Brooks
We all know we should give to charity, but who really does? In his controversial study of America's giving habits, Arthur C. Brooks shatters stereotypes about charity in America-including the myth that the political Left is more compassionate than the Right. Brooks, a preeminent public policy expert, spent years researching giving trends in America, and even he was surprised by what he found. In Who Really Cares, he identifies the forces behind American charity: strong families, church attendance, earning one's own income (as opposed to receiving welfare), and the belief that individuals-not government-offer the best solution to social ills. But beyond just showing us who the givers and non-givers in America really are today, Brooks shows that giving is crucial to our economic prosperity, as well as to our happiness, health, and our ability to govern ourselves as a free people.
Author |
: Robert H. Bremner |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 296 |
Release |
: 2017-07-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351517478 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351517473 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Giving by : Robert H. Bremner
"According to Greek mythology mankind's first benefactor was the Titan, Prometheus, who gave fire, previously the exclusive possession of the gods, to mortal man." With these words the esteemed scholar Robert Bremner presents the first full-fledged history of attitudes toward charity and philanthropy. 'Giving' is a perfect complement to his earlier work The Discovery of Poverty in the United States. The word 'philanthropy' has been translated in a variety of ways: as a loving human disposition, loving kindness, love of mankind, charity, fostering mortal man, championing mankind, and helping people. Bremner's book covers all of these meanings in rich detail. Bremner describes the ancient world and classical attitudes toward giving and begging; Middle Ages and early modern times, emphasizing hospitals and patients and donors and attributes of charity; the eighteenth century and the age of benevolence; the nineteenth century and the growth of the concept of public relief and social policy; and a careful multiple chapter review of the twentieth century. Bremner reviews the act of giving in such comparative contexts as London, England and Kasrilevke, Russia with such figures as Thomas Carlyle, Charles Dickens, and Sholem Aleichem, as well as the more familiar wealthy industrialist/philanthropists, forming part of the narrative. The final chapters bring the story up to date, discussing the relationships of modem philanthropy and organized charity, and the uses of philanthropy in education and the arts. Bremner has an astonishing knowledge of the cultural context and the economic contents of philanthropy. As a result, this volume is intriguing as well as important history, written with lively style and wit. Whether the reader is a professional in the so-called "third stream" or "independent sector," or simply a citizen wondering just what the act of giving and the spirit of receiving is all about, 'Giving' will be compelling reading.