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Philanthropy Reconsidered: Private initiatives – public good – quality of life (2008)
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This small book has a big aim: to illuminate what is happening in American philanthropy today, and what it all means. Taking a scholarly approach, drawing on philosophy, the classics and history, it claims to re-interpret philanthropy and provide a...
Globalization, Philanthropy and Civil Society: Projecting institutional logics abroad (2009)
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The foreword to this edited volume correctly notes that, “Analytically constructed studies of philanthropy are in short supply” and books that do appear tend to be either “self-congratulatory, mostly boring insider accounts” or “shrill denunciations by outsiders” . Yet as...
A Tradition of Giving: Seventy-Five Years of Myer Family Philanthropy (2005)
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A refreshing change to the American and European-dominated literature on philanthropy, this biography relates the story of the nineteenth-century Belarus-born Simcha Baevski, who changed his name,
The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story (2008)
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This biography of Brooke Astor, who died in August 2007, is based on eight years’ acquaintance plus interviews with the subject’s friends and contacts at the many New York cultural inst
Beyond the Money: Reflections on philanthropy, the nonprofit sector and civic life 1999-2006 (pub 2007)
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After nearly two decades as president of the Surdna foundation, Edward Skloot looks back on a period of rapid change in American philanthropy, social policy, politics and civic ideals.
The Magic Roundabout - an introductory guide to Programme-Related Investment (2003)
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This short booklet explains how charities can make their money go further.
Creative Philanthropy: Towards a New Philanthropy for the Twenty-First Century (2006)
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Critical of the great majority of foundations who are said to fall short of fulfilling their potential, the authors seek to encourage foundations to change and improve.
Just Money: A Critique of Contemporary American Philanthropy (2004)
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This is a collection of essays by ‘retiring philanthropy professionals’ in the world of US foundations.
The Foundation: A Great American Secret (2007)
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Foundations are said to be a peculiarly American institution that provide a vital spur to the global economy yet are cloaked in secrecy.
Socially Responsible Investment: A Global Revolution (2002)
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The first book on SRI specifically written for investment professionals and their clients.

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