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Money Well Spent: A Strategic Guide to Smart Philanthropy (2008)
September 2010
Book Review
Money Well Spent is a handbook on strategic philanthropy, aimed at practitioners eager to create impact, rather than those interested in academic debates about the history, philosophy or practice o
Philanthropy Reconsidered (2008)
September 2010
Book Review
There is a certain type of book on philanthropy, written by North American authors, that ought to carry a sticker on the cover for UK readers ‘Warning: the assumptions in this book could seri
Dead Aid (2009)
Book List
This provocative book, written by a Zambian-born, Harvard-trained economist, has attracted much attention for its claim that ‘aid to poor countries does not work’.
The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty (2009)
Book List
Australian philosopher and Princeton’s touring professor Peter Singer returns to a pet topic in this book – no, not man’s treatment of animals, for which he found notoriety follow
Hidden Surrey: Why local giving is needed to strengthen our communities (2009)
Book List
Although Surrey is one of the wealthiest counties in the UK, this report demonstrates that it has many pockets of deprivation, which suffer the double disadvantage of going largely unnoticed and re
The 21st Century Potential of Constituency Voice (2009)
Book List
This report, authored by David Bonbright of Keystone Accountability, David Campbell of Binghamton University (USA), and Linda Nguyen of the Alliance for Children and Families USA, argues that human
Natural Philanthropists: Findings of the Family Business Philanthropy and Social Responsibility Inquiry (2009)
Book List
Despite the extensive literature on family foundations and corporate philanthropy, little is known about the philanthropy of family businesses, which straddles these categories.
The Blue Sweater Bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world (2009)
September 2010
Book Review
This book, written by the founder of the trailblazing venture philanthropy Acumen Fund, is categorised by its publishers as a ‘Memoir’ and marketed as “part coming-of-age stor
Why Rich People Give
Book
Philanthropy UK's Why Rich People Give is the result of the first major research into the attitudes of wealthy people in the UK to money - how they create it, keep it and spend it. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the motivations of the rich to support the charitable sector - or not - by giving money, time and expertise. It covers attitudes to faith, family and community, early experiences of giving and motivations, incentives and rewards. It examines relationships with recipient charities, how people give and feelings about wealth and responsibility.
Voluntary and community sector
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See glossary entry for Third sector.

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