The Art of Giving: Where the Soul Meets a Business Plan
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The Art of Giving: Where the soul meets a business plan by Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon
For example, it documents the co-existence of an impulse to give money away with genuine bafflement about how to do so, given the opaque and impenetrable nature of the non-profit world. Charities may believe themselves to be welcoming and accessible, but each charity is a complex organism involving traditions, instincts, habits, and a tangle of personalities of the founders, staff and trustees, that can leave donors mystified.
This pragmatic approach extends to plain speaking advice for potential philanthropists. It begins by noting: Despite such asides directed at those working in the philanthropy sector, this book is mostly concerned with speaking truth to rich people who want to be thoughtful and effective givers.
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. 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. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Your email address will not be published. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
However big their cheque, donors are reminded that they will always be outnumbered by the staff and board members. The authors sagely warn that: He needs to recognise that just because he has made a substantial contribution to the non-profit, he does not own it. Perhaps being rich did lead to that particular failure, but being rich and willing to write about it and the experience of being asked for money is a great gift.
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Skip to main content. As a grantmaker in an institutional context, I have the opportunity to sit down and think, to research and analyse alongside others, and then to take a decision that, though it may be rooted in an emotional commitment, is tempered by this more rational process.
The Art of Giving: Where the Soul Meets a Business Plan [Charles Bronfman, Jeffrey R. Solomon] on bahana-line.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The foreword to this book, written by James Wolfensohn, former president of the World Bank, notes that philanthropy is universal, potent and can make the world.
A book that seeks to synthesize the two is at least challenging. A closely related issue has exercised the philosopher Peter Singer: The challenge, which is what The Art of Giving is really and rightly about, is to do that job well while retaining the passion and concern that infused the original gift. As Bronfman is a donor and Solomon is a philanthropy professional and expert, they are well placed to write about all of this.
This very personal book is, in effect, the distillation of a year partnership between them. This is a big ask of a single page volume, and some elements are necessarily superficial. Perhaps the most interesting section is a detailed description of the process through which Jeffrey Solomon goes with new would-be donors in order to find out what really moves them, and therefore what should shape their philanthropy.
In a process which he says is not therapy, but which surely comes close, Solomon in the example recounted reduces a reluctantly childless woman to tears as she responds to his probing, which leads to a focus in her philanthropy on the needs of children. Or is it because the idea of donor advisers turning into counsellors without the training that goes with it is at least questionable?
Solomon also uses a set of 25 motivational cards see http: This is a very American book.
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In my experience, this is not the general expectation in the UK, and a good thing too, as board membership should surely not be limited to those with the deepest pockets.