Though far from exhaustive, this page points the way to a handful of my favorite publications, organizations, training programs and other resources you may find useful on your road to continuous improvement in how you go about doing good well.
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Reading List:
- Understanding Philanthropy: Its Meaning and Mission, Payton, Moody
- Civil Society, Michael Edwards
- Charity, Philanthropy, and Civility in American History, Friedman, Lawrence J., McGarvie, Mark D.
- Philanthropy in America: A History (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America), Zunz, Olivier
- Strategic Giving: The Art and Science of Philanthropy, Peter Frumkin
- Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy (Bloomberg) Money Well Spent (Bloomberg Press) Paul Brest, Hal Harvey
- Driving Social Change: How to Solve the World’s Toughest Problems, Light, Paul C.
- The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business, Josh Kaufman
- Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity, Mario Morino
- The Art of Giving: Where the Soul Meets a Business Plan, Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon
- Social Entrepreneurship: A Modern Approach to Social Value Creation, Arthur C. Brooks
- How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition, Bornstein, David
- The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management (Essential Texts for Nonprofit and Public Leadership and Management)
- Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-Based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity, Susan Kenny Stevens
- Mega Gifts: 2nd Edition, Revised & Updated, by Jerold Panas
- “Inventing the Nonprofit Sector” and Other Essays on Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Nonprofit Organizations, Peter Dobkin Hall
- Nonprofit Law: The Life Cycle of A Charitable Organization, 2nd Edition, by Elizabeth Schmidt
- Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Policies and Practices, Zietlow, John, Hankin, Jo Ann, Seidner, Alan G.
- Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential (Civil Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives), Pallotta, Dan
- Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits, by Leslie R. Crutchfield
- Give Smart: Philanthropy that Gets Results, Tierney, Thomas J., Fleishman, Joel L., Brand:
- The Seven Faces of Philanthropy: A New Approach to Cultivating Major Donors (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit & Public Management Series), Prince, Russ Alan, File, Karen Maru
- Business Planning for Enduring Social Impact: A Social-Entrepreneurial Approach to Solving Social Problems, Andrew Wolk, Kelley Kreitz
- The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization, by Peter M. Senge
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Publications:
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy https://www.philanthropy.com/
- Stanford Social Innovation Review ssir.org
- Nonprofit Quarterly https://nonprofitquarterly.org/
- Feedspot’s Top 40 Philanthropy Blogs, Websites & Influencers https://blog.feedspot.com/philanthropy_blogs/
- Giving USA, https://givingusa.org/
- Sasha Dichter’s Blog https://sashadichter.com/
Training, Research & Resources:
- Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, https://philanthropy.iupui.edu/
- Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University, https://johnsoncenter.org/
- The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/
- Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, https://www.arnova.org/
- Board Source, https://boardsource.org/
- Ashoka, https://www.ashoka.org/en-us
- Philanthropy Roundtable, https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/
- Center for Effective Philanthropy, https://cep.org/
- The Bridgespan Group, https://www.bridgespan.org/
Associations and Affinity Groups:
- Independent Sector, https://independentsector.org/
- National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, https://www.ncrp.org/
- National Center for Family Philanthropy, https://www.ncfp.org/
- Exponent Philanthropy, https://www.exponentphilanthropy.org/
- Council on Foundations, https://www.cof.org/
- Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, https://www.geofunders.org/
- Jewish Funders Network, https://www.jfunders.org/