Editorial Reviews
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Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy
Causes and Consequences of the Transfer of Wealth
“This book does a wonderful job of guiding the reader through the increasingly changing world of philanthropy. These changes must drive dramatic change in the not-for-profit sector if it is to respond efficiently and effectively. Only then will we be able to maintain the quality of our society.” –Thomas J. Moran, Chairman, President... Read Full Story
I attended a fascinating presentation last night by Peter Hero. Peter is the former president of Community Foundation Silicon Valley. In the 17 years he led the group, it grew from a small foundation with less than $10 million in assets to a regional center for philanthropy, with more than 600 philanthropic funds under its umbrella and combined assets in excess of $1bn. He is credited with inspiring the development of corporate philanthropy within many organizations in the Silicon valley... Read Full Story
Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Praise for
Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy
Causes and Consequences of the Transfer of Wealth
“This book does a wonderful job of guiding the reader through the increasingly changing world of philanthropy. These changes must drive dramatic change in the not-for-profit sector if it is to respond efficiently and effectively. Only then will we be able to maintain the quality of our society.” –Thomas J. Moran, Chairman, President... Read Full Story
After his successful presidential bid, Barack Obama still has $30 million left over. During his presidential campaign, Obama raised an unprecedented $745 million, $104 million of which came in the last five weeks immediately before and after Election Day. Obama’s outspoken desire to change the way politicians raise money through special interest groups - opting instead to raise money on his own and not participate in the public funding system - fueled his record-breaking fundraising. Close... Read Full Story
A crisis in philanthropy appears to be following the world wide financial crisis—except when it comes to ordinary folk. In recent years as conservative governments have slashed programs, charities of all sorts, educational institutions, and arts organizations have been encouraged to turn to private sources to finance their activities. But when big corporations run into hard times, among the first things they cut are their sponsorships while the crazy financial crisis of recent months has seen... Read Full Story
Tactical Philanthropy recently blogged about the need for universally accessible data on non-profit organizations' effectiveness and innovativeness. The full post is a worthwhile read, but here is an excerpt that I found particularly insightful: From TacticalPhilanthropy.com : In the recent Aspen Philanthropy Letter, director Alan Abramsom points to a chapter in Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy where Susan Raymond argues that every foundation should allocate 10% of their... Read Full Story
"Make gifts of money and you will not be long without chains." ---Jean Jacques Rousseau Recently, I wrote about Poverty Pimps , people/jackals who feed off the decaying lives of the down-trodden. Since that time, I've been thinking about careers and jobs that are "philanthropic" and funded by large corporations. Corporate Philanthropy-----on the surface, it seems like an oxymoron. It doesn't seem natural or even legit. For some reason, when we hear the words Corporate Philanthropy, we... Read Full Story
Anyone affiliated with a nonprofit knows that any attempt at fundraising can be met with a barrage of questions. In fact, in his book The 11 Questions Every Donor Asks, Harvey McKinnon has encapsulated that barrage into 11 points. Being able to answer them can be crucial at fundraising time.The first question McKinnon poses – or has donors posing – is “Why Me?”, and it reflects the tendency of all human beings to think selfishly at some point or other. He points out that by asking this... Read Full Story
While nonprofits, for the most part, still have an ethical edge on jobs in business and government, the social sector isn’t too far ahead. The Ethics Resource Center published its findings in the National Nonprofit Ethics Survey to give an inside look at the sector’s code of ethics. But, the view isn’t pretty. The Ethics Resource Center interviewed 3,452 employees spanning the three sectors, with 558 respondents from nonprofits, and polled them on issues such as misconduct, ethics and... Read Full Story
Recruiting, training, and retaining top notch fundraising staff is perhaps the single biggest challenge facing nonprofits today. You can’t control postal rate increases or the impact of bad economic times on your donor’s ability to give. As a fundraiser, you might even be hopeless to control the quality of programming content or the effectiveness of your organization at serving its mission. The good news is that you probably have more control over staffing challenges than most other... Read Full Story
