Philanthropy & Funding
Parrying Philanthropy’s Critics
Beth Breeze’s In Defence of Philanthropy offers a passionate rebuttal to criticisms of giving that have dominated public discourse.
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Philanthropy & Funding - Book Reviews
New and innovative ideas to help nonprofit leaders raise money, and to help funders and donors give more effectively
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Philanthropy & Funding
The Feminist Trailblazer of Black Philanthropy
A new biography of Madam C. J. Walker shows how America’s first self-made female millionaire and Black entrepreneur put philanthropy at the center of her business and life.
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Economic Development
Not Just Copycats
A new book on Chinese entrepreneurs breaks through stereotypes and offers a more comprehensive view of innovation in China.
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Philanthropy & Funding
Are the Elite Hijacking Social Change?
In Winners Take All, writer Anand Giridharadas calls out the hypocrisies of philanthropists.
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Philanthropy & Funding
Strategic Philanthropy Reconsidered
The authors of Money Well Spent reconsider their original arguments a second time around.
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Foundations
In Defense of Perpetuity
Limited-life foundations are currently all the rage, but Fleishman’s book reminds us that perpetual, endowed foundations are in many cases preferable.
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Philanthropy & Funding
Give and Take
Callahan does an excellent job showing the many ways that major donors’ charitable giving overlaps with their political aims, but he could say more about the broader context in which they operate.
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Philanthropy & Funding
A Rational Gut Check
A Yale psychologist offers a passionate account of the negative effects of passion but ends up with a more temperate conclusion.
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Foundations
Does Philanthropy Threaten Democracy?
We should be more concerned about foundations’ outsized role in education policy.
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Education
Learning From Hubris
A project in Newark, N.J., produced cautionary lessons for both advocates and critics of education reform.