Philanthropy category: 319 books
Cultures of Doing Good
Anthropologists and NGOs
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
Anthropological field studies of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in their unique cultural and political contexts.
Cultures of Doing Good: Anthropologists and NGOs serves as a foundational text to advance a growing subfield of social science inquiry: the anthropology of nongovernmental...
Nonprofits in Crisis
Economic Development, Risk, and the Philanthropic Kuznets Curve
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Why do some countries have a vibrant nonprofit sector while others do not? Nonprofits in Crisis explores the theory of risk as a major mechanism through which economic development influences the nonprofit sector. Nuno S. Themudo elaborates this idea by focusing on Mexican nonprofit organizations,...
Burden or Benefit?
Imperial Benevolence and Its Legacies
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2008
In the name of benevolence, philanthropy, and humanitarian aid, individuals, groups, and nations have sought to assist others and to redress forms of suffering and deprivation. Yet the inherent imbalances of power between the giver and the recipient of this benevolence have called into question the...
Entrusted
The Moral Responsibilities of Trusteeship
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 1995
Entrusted provides a much needed contribution to the literature on ethics in the healthcare arena." —Health Progress
A splendid and invaluable book, one every trustee with an active conscience would want to read and one every trustee with a dormant conscience ought to read." —Richard Chait,...
American Generosity
Who Gives and Why
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
American charitable giving veers from the hyperbolically generous to the hyperbolically stingy. On some days, no one has a quarter to spare; in times of disaster, Americans will put their lives on hold to build houses for those displaced by hurricanes. The crucial question of who gives and why they...
The Business of Changing the World
How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Aid Industry
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
The new world of results-driven aid that could put an end to extreme poverty
Drawing on 2 decades covering global development as editor in chief of Devex, Raj Kumar explores how nontraditional models of philanthropy and aid are empowering the world’s poorest people to make progress. Old aid...
by Blake Mycoskie
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
The incredible story of the man behind TOMS Shoes and One for One, the revolutionary business model that marries fun, profit, and social good.
“A creative and open-hearted business model for our times.”—The Wall Street Journal
Why this book is for you:
• You’re ready...
Give Work
Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Want to end poverty for good? Entrepreneur and Samasource founder Leila Janah has the solution—give work, not aid.
“An audacious, inspiring, and practical book. Leila shows how it’s possible to build a successful business that lifts people out of poverty—not by giving them money but...
The Bill Cook Story II
The Re-Visionary
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Working from the spare bedroom of his Bloomington, Indiana, apartment in 1963 with a $1,500 investment, Bill Cook began to construct the wire guides, needles, and catheters that would become the foundation of the global multi-billion-dollar Cook Group. This story has been eloquently told in Bob Hammel’s...
by Ann E. Robertson, Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Girl Scouting came to Washington, DC, in June 1913 when Juliette Gordon Low decided her new girls� empowerment movement needed a national headquarters. Although the headquarters moved to New York City in 1916, the council in Washington, DC, is still actively involved in the programs. Girl Scouts of...
A Different Road
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
At times during his early years, Arthur Labatt felt like an observer of his own life: What was he supposed to do next? Where would his decisions take him? How would it all turn out?
Labatt was born into privilege, the youngest child of John Sackville Labatt, who, with his brother, Hugh, ran...
by Peter Krass
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011
One of the major figures in American history, Andrew Carnegie was a ruthless businessman who made his fortune in the steel industry and ultimately gave most of it away. He used his wealth to ascend the world's political stage, influencing the presidencies of Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, and...
Let It Go
My Extraordinary Story - From Refugee to Entrepreneur to Philanthropist
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2019
A moving memoir from a woman who made a fortune in a man's world and then gave it all away...soon to be turned into a film
In 1962, Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley created a software company when the concept of software barely existed. Freelance Programmers employed women to work on complex projects...
A Selfish Plan to Change the World
Finding Big Purpose in Big Problems
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
You are exactly what the world needs
What if your search for meaning could solve the world’s problems? What if everything you are passionate about could save a life or change history? Justin Dillon argues it can, and A Selfish Plan to Change the World shows how.
In this paradigm-shifting...