Philanthropy category: 319 books
The Lemonade Ripple
A Sweet Story of Kindness and Charity
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
When Caroline watches her disabled friend Shannon struggling with an old, rusty, squeaking, and wobbling wheelchair, she decides to use her grandmother’s secret recipe to make and sell lemonade to raise money for a brand-new wheelchair. When the neighborhood kids see Caroline trying to help, they...
SEVA to Realize the SELF
Selfless Service
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
In villages around India, many people have no facilities that provide adequate health care and education, despite the Indian government allocating an enormous amount of funding. In order to offset this lack of health care and educational facilities in Indian villages, many private individuals and...
A Gringo in Peru
A Story of Compassion in Action
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2018
When Jim Killon visited Latin American countries and saw the destitution of and despair of the children and families, he knew there had to be a solution. In 2009, he sold his possessions, and came to Peru's Andean region where he created a non-profit organization, Changes for New Hope. The challenges...
Poor People's Medicine
Medicaid and American Charity Care since 1965
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2006
Poor People’s Medicine is a detailed history of Medicaid since its beginning in 1965. Federally aided and state-operated, Medicaid is the single most important source of medical care for the poorest citizens of the United States. From acute hospitalization to long-term nursing-home care, the nation’s...
Daughters of the Declaration
How Women Social Entrepreneurs Built the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
America's founding fathers established an idealistic framework for a bold experiment in democratic governance. The new nation would be built on the belief that all men are created equal, and are endowed...with a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The challenge of turning these...
by John F. Dovidio, Jane Allyn Piliavin, David A. Schroeder
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Written by four leading researchers in the study of prosocial behavior, this book introduces a new perspective on prosocial behavior for the 21st century. Building on the bystander intervention work that has defined this area since the 1960s, The Social Psychology of Prosocial Behavior examines prosocial...
by David Platt
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Are you ready to take a stand for orphans and widows and counter culture?
In this companion piece to his bestselling book Counter Culture, David Platt offers sound Biblical support and practical action steps to help Christians take a courageous and compassionate stand for orphans and widows. Drawing...
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...
Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit
100 Years
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
It started with a cartoon��Forgotten,� by Tom May�in which a poor child, too young and innocent to understand why she had not received a Christmas present from Santa, weeps over an empty stocking. It ran on Christmas Day in 1908 in the Detroit Journal, where it caught the attention of key Detroit...
Beyond Fair Trade
How One Small Coffee Company Helped Transform a Hillside Village in Thailand
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
“A rich and resonantly detailed account of an unlikely partnership that enabled the hard-working tribespeople of a remote coffee-growing village in Thailand to emerge from poverty and obscurity to success in the refined new world of fine coffee.” —Coffee Review
A multi-faceted, inspiring...
by Gordon Owen
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Is Fundraising part of God's Plan?
Christian fundraising creates opportunities to involve God's people in God's work.
How does this Christian Fundraising work?
First Response
Change Your World Through Acts of Love
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012
ACTS World Relief founder David Canther shares how acts of kindness and meeting the needs of people can touch the world with God’s love. These anecdotes illustrate what Jesus lived every day--to love and serve God and others. Readers will discover how to become a first responder by meeting the needs of others first, and see the world change.
Rescue Ink
Tough Guys on a Mission to Keep Our Animals Safe
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2009
The true story of ten tough and tattooed bikers who rescue animals in danger
Though Joe Panz, Johnny O, Batso, Big Ant, G, Angel, Des, and Eric initially met and formed their friendships at tattoo and motorcycle conventions, they soon learned that they shared another passion: animals. Each...
Gifts of Time and Money
The Role of Charity in America's Communities
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2005
Policymakers, civic leaders, and scholars have increasingly focused their attention over the last decade-and-a-half on the importance of voluntary participation in civil society. From George H. W. Bush's Thousand Points of Light to Bill Clinton's AmeriCorps to George W. Bush's faith-based initiatives,...