Philanthropy - Book Reviews

Think Hard

Review By Melissa A. Berman

Give Smart: Philanthropy That Gets Results by Tom Tierney & Joel L. Fleishman

Spring 2011

Put the People to Work

Review By Chris Jarvis 5

SERVING COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY: Who Benefits from National Service? by Peter Frumkin & Joann Jastrzab

Fall 2010

A Mandarin’s Lament

Review By Doug Bauer 12

SMALL CHANGE: Why Business Won't Save the World by Michael Edwards

Spring 2010

Social Innovations

Women Hold Both Sky and Solutions

Review By Kavita Nandini Ramdas 3

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas Kristof

Winter 2010

An Environmental Provocateur

Review By Denis Hayes 2

Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto by Stewart Brand

Winter 2010

Review: The Blue Way

Review By Jennifer Roberts

Spring 2008

Review: Grassroots Philanthropy

Review By Peter deCourcy Hero

Foundation grantmaking can become more responsive, intuitive, and effective.

Spring 2008

Effective Foundation Management

Review By Catherine DiBenedetto

Winter 2008

Review: The Foundation vs. Great Philanthropic Mistakes

Review By Rick Cohen

Some books ought to be read as pairs. Joel L. Fleishman’s and Martin Morse Wooster’s recent offerings are such a duo, offering sometimes diametrically opposed perspectives on philanthropic successes and failures.

Review: A Gift of Freedom

Review By Bruce Sievers

How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.

Spring 2006