Paul Brest, Hal Harvey

Money Well Spent

A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Money Well Spent provides an intelligent blueprint for charitable giving for philantropists who demand the best results from their own foundations or the charities they support.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomberg Press / Kogan Page
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9781576603123
• ISBN-10: 1576603121
• Artikelnr.: 23546322

Autorenporträt

Paul Brest is the president of The William and Flora HewlettFoundation. Before joining the Hewlett Foundation, he was aprofessor at Stanford Law School, serving as dean from 1987 to1999. He teaches a course on judgment and decision-making in thePublic Policy Program at Stanford University and is coauthor of theforthcoming book Problem Solving, Decision Making, andProfessional Judgment.

Hal Harvey, a former director of The HewlettFoundation's Environment Program, is now the president ofClimateWorks. He is also the president of the New-Land Foundationand has held positions at several different not-for-profitfoundations, including the Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, the HeinzEndowments, and the Ploughshares Fund. He served on the energypanel of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science andTechnology and chairs the MB Financial Corporation in Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.

Part I The Framework of Strategic Philanthropy.
1 The Promise of Strategic Philanthropy.
2 Choices in Philanthropic Goals, Strategies, and Styles.
3 Analyzing Problems and Developing Solutions.
4 Solving Problems Through Program Strategies.
5 Grantmaking and Due Diligence.
6 Beyond Grantmaking.
7 Forms of Grant Funding.
8 Mission Investments: Investing for Social Impact.
9 Assessing Progress and Evaluating Impact.
10 Impact on Steroids: Measuring the Social Return on YourPhilanthropic Investment.

Part II Tools of the Trade.
11 Promoting Knowledge.
12 Providing Goods and Services.
13 Influencing Individuals, Policy Makers, and Businesses.
14 Building Fields and Movements.

Part III Organizing Your Resources for StrategicPhilanthropy.
15 Choosing the Right Structure for Your Philanthropy .
16 Principal and Principle: Foundation Spending Policies.

Afterword: The Challenges of Strategic Philanthropy.
Index.

Rezensionen

"An invaluable resource that distills the essence ofstrategic philanthropy for those seeking to achieve a greatersocial impact."
--Bill Gates
Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

"In philanthropy, as in investing, you need a solid strategyto understand what works, what fails, and why. Money WellSpent provides the tools philanthropists need to create aneffective strategy and achieve success."
--George Soros

"Money Well Spent is far and away the best'handbook plus' for those who believe thatphilanthropic dollars are a sacred trust. No other authors haveproduced so readable, sensible, and balanced a guide to thepractice of strategy in solving real-world problems, informed bysolid theory and illuminated by easy-to-understandexamples."
--Joel L. Fleishman
Author, The Foundation: A Great American Secret
Professor of Law and Public Policy Sciences, Terry SanfordInstitute of Public Policy, Duke University

"This is an ever-so-practical and yet ever-so-thoughtfulcontribution to our understanding of how philanthropy shouldwork."
--William G. Bowen
Former President, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and PrincetonUniversity

"Money Well Spent is critical reading for anyone whowants to ensure that philanthropy is having a real and lastingimpact on the most urgent challenges facing our world."
--Luis Ubiñas
President, Ford Foundation

"For donors who want to think clearly about how to achievetheir charitable objectives, reading this excellent guide tophilanthropic strategy will be time well spent."
--Adam Meyerson