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Reinventing philanthropy, a framework for more effective giving, Eric Friedman

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-202) and index

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Reinventing philanthropy

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Eric Friedman

a framework for more effective giving

If you had to choose between saving one person's life or lifting a hundred from extreme poverty, which would you pick? What if your choice was between saving a hundred lives or lifting only one person from extreme poverty? How do you compare empowering people through education to reducing suffering from illness or protecting the environment? These are the types of questions many thoughtful donors ask, and they have both moral and practical implications. When choosing where to give, it is not enough to demonstrate that a nonprofit does good things. Donors interested in improving the world must consider the benefits relative to other giving options, even those that are very different. This is a challenging task, requiring a significant amount of knowledge based on information that is not easily available and controversial judgments. Though many people in philanthropy ignore difficult issues surrounding how to prioritize among multiple good causes, this book puts them front-and-center

A tale of two children -- Failings of philanthropy -- Do-gooders and do-besters -- The role of emotional giving -- The paucity of helpful information -- Developing a mission: objectives and constraints -- The most important decisions -- Measuring performance -- Examples of do-besters -- Choosing a charity -- Project selection (or deciding not to select projects) -- Volunteering and other ways of donating yourself -- Leveraging your donations -- Ten smart approaches that work -- The selfish giver in all of us -- Philanthropy reinvented