Philanthropy category: 319 books

Nic Frances is a social entrepreneur. He once worked for charity. This is the story of how he came to understand that charity can never deliver a just and sustainable world. It is only through a value-centred market economy that we will ever see real social change. Breaking new ground and drawing...

    Synopsis … Herein are various reflections and contemplations aiming at developing the moral strength needed to possess willpower. Those are reflections that work subtly on liberating our minds from the shackles of illusion. Those are the very same shackles that...

There are great expectations of voluntary action in contemporary Britain but limited in-depth insight into the level, distribution and understanding of what constitutes voluntary activity.Drawing on extensive survey data and written accounts of citizen engagement, this book charts change and continuity...

As floodwaters drained in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans residents came to a difficult realization. Their city was about to undertake the largest disaster recovery in American history, yet they faced a profound leadership vacuum: members of every tier of government, from the municipal...

The gospel command is to “go” into the world, to minister to the sick and the poor, and to bring the good news of Christ and His work on the cross to those who have not heard of Him. Ten people from many different walks of life did just this through Hearts Afire ministry, traveling more than 30,000...

The Abandoned Women is about George Bannerman’s personal achievements and experiences in his service to the Liberian refugees at Buduburam Camp around Kasoa in the Central Region of Ghana. The book is a story about his effort at bringing hope and inspiring them to realize that the Creator Almighty,...

This book examines the contributions of non-public organizations, such as foundations, philanthropies, charities, non-governmental organizations, private businesses, and entrepreneurs to public goods and services. Too often the impact of the contributions of such private actors are overlooked. However,...

Free Agent is about how we all eventually end up in a time of transition and the journey we go through to find ourselves when we are in that no mans land. I use the analogy of being a free agent because being in your time of transition whether you are coming out of college to the real world, just...

From the mid-19th century until the rise of the modern welfare state in the early 20th century, Anglo-American philanthropic giving gained an unprecedented measure of cultural authority as it changed in kind and degree. Civil society took on the responsibility for confronting the adverse effects of...

The Protestant Orphan Society, founded in Dublin in 1828, managed a carefully-regulated boarding-out and apprenticeship scheme. This book examines its origins, its forward-thinking policies, and particularly its investment in children’s health, the part women played in the charity, opposition to...

This book is about the invaluable contribution of charities and humanitarians in our world, the benevolence of the majority, and the atrocities of a (very small) minority. Mankinds difficulties often stem from natural disasters, including terrible weather conditions creating human misery. The tsunami...

A vast and complicated array of subject matter is subjected to analysis, comment, and speculation by fifteen contributors representing three separate but contiguous disciplines. Their approaches are as various as one would expect. One is concerned with the bonds that hold associations together, and...

CSR is rooted in a strong philosophical foundation from West and East. The basic problem with individuals and corporate is that they lack the awareness of its philosophical basis, philosophical legitimacy and ethical responsibility. Every human being and every living being has a responsibility to himself,...

Absent Friends is a 5,500 word article that places the reality and impact of gender discrimination in the context of daily life in the Himalayan foothills, told through the stories of the girls and women who live there."India is the most dangerous place in the world to be a baby girl," reported...