Give Smart, Joel L. Fleishman
Give Smart, Joel L. Fleishman
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Give Smart
Philanthropy that Gets Results

Author: Joel L. Fleishman, Thomas J. Tierney

Narrator: Don Hagen

Unabridged: 6 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 07/27/2011


Synopsis

In the first half of the twenty-first century, giving to family and community foundations alone will be ten times in today's dollars what it was throughout the entire twentieth century. Yet despite tremendous innovation in the social sector, philanthropy's natural state is under-performance. Not since Andrew Carnegie wrote The Gospel of Wealth has a book been written that provides practical guidance for donors to get the most impact from their giving.
Almost a decade ago, Thomas J. Tierney left Bain & Company to co-found The Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit focused on helping donors and nonprofit leaders to develop and execute strategies to accelerate social change. In Give Smart, Tierney pools his hands-on knowledge with philanthropy expert Joel L. Fleishman to create a much-needed primer for philanthropists and the nonprofit organizations they support. Drawing from personal experiences, testimonials, and Bridgespan's case studies, including those of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Give Smart picks up where Jim Collins' Good to Great and the Social Sectors left off and presents the first in-depth, expert guide for engaged donors and nonprofit leaders.


About Joel L. Fleishman

Joel L. Fleishman is now professor of law and public policy, and Director of the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center for Ethics, Public Policy and the Professions, as well as Director of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society, at Duke University. From 1993 to 2001, Joel took a part-time leave from Duke University to serve as President of the Atlantic Philanthropic Service Company, the U.S. Program Staff of Atlantic Philanthropies. Joel also serves as a director of Ralph Lauren Corporation.


Reviews

Like other readers, I expected this book to be a discussion on how to make smart decisions on charitable donations. However, the target audience is the wealthy looking to start their own foundations. Somehow I doubt the wealthy are picking up a paperback in order to be more informed. However, there a......more

Goodreads review by Nicole

Great book for anyone interested in becoming a philanthropist. Authors laid out a step by step approach to doing philanthropy the right way.......more

Goodreads review by Marius

“Am I getting better?” is a question about continuous improvement, not the status quo. “Am I getting better?” is a challenging question, because it means confronting a basic, and uncomfortable, fact of life: getting better —striving for excellence — is a choice. A fundamental choice. Life offers many......more

This book really has me thinking more strategically about how I give. Imagine if we were more intentional about how we have to our churches and alma maters, the impact we have on communities and institutions could be much greater.......more