Bronfman / Solomon The Art of Giving

Where the Soul Meets a Business Plan
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-53173-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

An honest assessment for how to determine your individualrelationship with charitable giving in today's world
From world-renowned philanthropists Charles Bronfman and JeffreySolomon of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies comes acomprehensive guide on how to be a canny, street-smart, effectivephilanthropist, regardless of your income level. It is also aperfect companion for nonprofit program and development executiveswho would like to introduce donors to their work and theirorganizations.
Despite their critical importance to philanthropy, donors havefew resources for solid information about making theirgifts-deciding what type of gift to give, how to structure it, thetax implications, what level of follow-up and transparency theyshould ask for and expect, and countless other complexities. Thisbook fills that vacuum and helps you gain a special understandingof philanthropy as a business undertaking as well as a deeplypersonal, reflective process.
Drawing on decades of experience, the authors offer a fresh,enlivening approach to the nonprofit enterprise that, too often, isundervalued and thought of as the province of the burnt-out and theoverwhelmed. Along with its many candid insights and memorableanecdotes, The Art of Giving also offers instruction on howto create a business plan for giving that works for you.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bronfman, Charles

Solomon, Jeffrey R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
by James Wolfensohn.
Introduction: Who We Are.
Part One: The Donor.
1 Getting Started.
2 The Joy of Giving.
3 The New Philanthropy.
4 Donors Come in All Types.
5 The Soul of the New Philanthropist.
6 Accelerants.
7 Finding Your Niche.
Part Two: The Partners.
8 Do I Do It--or Do I Buy It?
9 Working with a Nonprofit.
10 Running the Show.
11 The Family.
12 The Face in the Mirror.
13 Philanthropy in Hard Times.
Part Three: The Gift.
14 A Glossary of Gifts.
15 The Pudding Is in the Proof.
16 A Little Financial Advice
17 On Innovations
18 Twenty Questions--Investing in Changing the World.
Epilogue: Why We Are Here.
Part Four: Resources.
Resource A: National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities: Core CodesClassification System.
Resource B: Index of Nonprofit Resources.
Resource C: Further Sources of Information.
Acknowledgments.
About the Authors.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Charles Bronfman, of the Seagram's corporate family, is thefounder of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies. He wascochairman of Seagram's, the founding owner of the Montreal Expos,and former chairman of Koor Industries Ltd., as well as chairman ofthe Montreal Jewish Federation and the first chairman of the UnitedJewish Communities. Among his many philanthropic duties, Bronfmansits on the boards of Mount Sinai Medical Center and BrandeisUniversity.
Jeffrey Solomon is president of the Andrea and Charles BronfmanPhilanthropies. He has taught the subject of philanthropy at NewYork University and has served on numerous nonprofit boards,including the Council on Foundations, where he chaired theCommitteeon Ethics and Practice. Solomon has been chief operatingofficer of the United Jewish Appeal Federation in New York, and heis a founding trustee of the World Faiths Development Dialogue.