Smart Giving Is Good Business

Smart Giving Is Good Business

Author: Curt Weeden

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-03-15

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0470873639

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Answers to the 12 most common and critical questions about corporate giving In this groundbreaking resource, Weeden shows how to strategically plan, manage and evaluate corporate contributions. Questions include: Why Should We Give?; How Much?; Who Decides?; Does a Company Need a Foundation?; How to Give Products or Services?; How Do We Know What Works? The book covers a wide range of topics including: The case for conditional corporate philanthropy; increasing stewardship to give more; assigning responsibility for signature programs; how CEOs leverage contributions programs for maximum benefit; effectively staffing corporate contributions programs; the pros and cons of corporate foundations; and more. Offers benchmarks for determining if a business has a meaningful philanthropic program that fosters constructive corporate citizenship Reveals how an effective philanthropic program and commitment can be incorporated in any organization Contains a comprehensive review of the information corporations need to make informed decisions about giving The author offers a prescription for linking businesses with causes and the nonprofits addressing critical issues in a way that will preserve or restore services and activities essential to our quality of life.


Corporation Giving

Corporation Giving

Author: Frank Emerson Andrews

Publisher: Transaction Publishers

Published:

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9781412820400

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Giving for the benefit of others is so highly valued in the American tradition that philanthropy has become one of the largest classes of enterprise in the United States. A prominent feature of modem philanthropy has been the seemingly contradictory notion of corporation giving: the search for profits and the evolution of a humane civilization. Clearly, the scope and volume of corporate philanthropy has expanded greatly in this century. F. Emerson Andrews' Corporation Giving sympathetically focuses on this paradoxical function of the corporation and its attendant contexts and consequences.First published in 1952, Corporation Giving charts the historical development of corporate giving, analyzes problems of choosing beneficiaries, and illustrates the legal and tax factors involved. Andrews' approach pinpoints the key issues that managers then and now must address in operating any giving program. The book offers a practical and useful model for the creative combination of theoretical and practical knowledge.For the academic investigator, Andrews' book meets the canons of scientific inquiry. Information is carefully integrated and judiciously interpreted. For the corporate actor, it meets the standards of applied analysis. Policy implications are systematically extracted and cautiously proposed. For the prospective fund-raiser, it meets the test of direct utility. The inner workings of corporate giving are well revealed for those who would turn them to their own advantage. As a result, for a wide range of readers, this is a book that well withstands the test of time. Michael Useem's brilliant introduction places Andrews' work in the context of the postwar expansion of philanthropic enterprise and traces subsequent developments up to the present


Economic Factors in the Growth of Corporate Giving

Economic Factors in the Growth of Corporate Giving

Author: Ralph Lowell Nelson

Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Published: 1970-12-31

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1610446747

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Examines the dramatic changes in the philanthropic behavior of business corporations in their support of education, health, welfare, and the arts. This analysis shows how traditional patterns of corporate philanthropy have undergone changes across the years, and how, presently, a favorable attitude exists toward giving. The author traces these shifts through periods of depression, war, and peace. He examines economic and non-economic reasons for the growth of corporate giving, and treats the innovative role of company-sponsored foundations.


The Professionals' Guide to Fund Raising, Corporate Giving, and Philanthropy

The Professionals' Guide to Fund Raising, Corporate Giving, and Philanthropy

Author: Linda Adams Chau

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1988-06-22

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0313368252

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A guide for professionals and aspiring professionals, staff members, and volunteers alike, this is a concise, readable, overview of fund raising activities in the not-for-profit sector. The author is a former Contributions Analyst at Pennzoil. She contributes insights gleaned through her considerable experience in the field, providing an unusually comprehensive survey of the many facets of fund raising and philanthropy. Adams-Chau begins by describing the characteristics, legal status, and professional organizations of the not-for-profit, independent sector. Subsequent chapters examine specific fund raising targets and fund raising organizations: individuals, corporations, foundations, the United Way, and religious fund raising. The author describes what motivates contributions, the effects of the 1986 Tax Act, ethical considerations, and types of contributions. She includes professional resumes of the key individuals involved: a board member, a corporate contributions executive, and a national foundation executive, a national United Way executive, and a denominational leader. The final chapter details how to write and evaluate grant proposals. The bibliography lists important sources of information including computer software.


Giving Done Right

Giving Done Right

Author: Phil Buchanan

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Published: 2019-04-16

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1541742230

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A practical guide to philanthropy at all levels of giving that seeks to educate and inspire A majority of American households give to charity in some form or another--from local donations to food banks, religious organizations, or schools, to contributions to prevent disease or protect basic freedoms. Whether you're in a position to give $1 or $1 million, every giver needs to answer the same question: How do I channel my giving effectively to make the greatest difference? In Giving Done Right, Phil Buchanan, the president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, arms donors with what it takes to do more good more quickly and to avoid predictable errors that lead too many astray. This crucial book will reveal the secrets and lessons learned from some of the biggest givers, from the work of software entrepreneur Tim Gill and his foundation to expand rights for LGBTQ people to the efforts of a midwestern entrepreneur whose faith told him he must do something about childhood slavery in Ghana. It busts commonly held myths and challenging the idea that "business thinking" holds the answer to effective philanthropy. And it offers the intellectual frameworks, data-driven insights, tools, and practical examples to allow readers to understand exactly what it takes to make a difference.


Andrew Carnegie Speaks to the 1%

Andrew Carnegie Speaks to the 1%

Author: Andrew Carnegie

Publisher: Gray Rabbit Publishing

Published: 2016-04-14

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781515400387

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Before the 99% occupied Wall Street... Before the concept of social justice had impinged on the social conscience... Before the social safety net had even been conceived... By the turn of the 20th Century, the era of the robber barons, Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) had already accumulated a staggeringly large fortune; he was one of the wealthiest people on the globe. He guaranteed his position as one of the wealthiest men ever when he sold his steel business to create the United States Steel Corporation. Following that sale, he spent his last 18 years, he gave away nearly 90% of his fortune to charities, foundations, and universities. His charitable efforts actually started far earlier. At the age of 33, he wrote a memo to himself, noting ..".The amassing of wealth is one of the worse species of idolatry. No idol more debasing than the worship of money." In 1881, he gave a library to his hometown of Dunfermline, Scotland. In 1889, he spelled out his belief that the rich should use their wealth to help enrich society, in an article called "The Gospel of Wealth" this book. Carnegie writes that the best way of dealing with wealth inequality is for the wealthy to redistribute their surplus means in a responsible and thoughtful manner, arguing that surplus wealth produces the greatest net benefit to society when it is administered carefully by the wealthy. He also argues against extravagance, irresponsible spending, or self-indulgence, instead promoting the administration of capital during one's lifetime toward the cause of reducing the stratification between the rich and poor. Though written more than a century ago, Carnegie's words still ring true today, urging a better, more equitable world through greater social consciousness.


21st Century Corporate Citizenship

21st Century Corporate Citizenship

Author: Dave Stangis

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2017-03-27

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1786356090

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This book presents a step-by-step process aimed at helping you create the most successful business possible in the 21st century competitive landscape, empowering corporate citizenship professionals to accelerate their credibility within their company as an effective contributor who understands their company’s strategy and who creates value.


The Life You Can Save

The Life You Can Save

Author: Peter Singer

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0812981561

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Argues that for the first time in history we're in a position to end extreme poverty throughout the world, both because of our unprecedented wealth and advances in technology, therefore we can no longer consider ourselves good people unless we give more to the poor. Reprint.