Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Philanthropy & Charity

The Ask is your personal manual for building the best, most fulfilling personal and professional life possible. Crafting the perfect ask can fund your new business, support your favorite charity, and get more quality time with your significant other--but it can do so much more than that. It can change your life. In learning how to ask for what you really want and deserve, you lose your fear of rejection and judgement. You create the greatest sense of self-worth that no one can give you, you give it to yourself when you ask. The...

Americans are a generous people, though most don’t have the resources to make large philanthropic gifts. While our gifts may be modest, we want the satisfaction of knowing that they count. 



Charitable giving can mean much more than simply responding to requests for donations. You can get your ideas heard, express your values, be creative, and have fun! 



If you’d like more guidance for your giving, A POCKETFUL OF CHANGE is for you. With hundreds of examples of how even small gifts can address a problem, change a life, or support an...

"This is a fascinating and intellectually honest work about a remarkable family that has played a major role in the history of Providence and Rhode Island. Sylvia Brown has made a tremendous contribution in writing this wonderful book. It is clearly a labor of love, and we should all be grateful to her for it."

- Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation

of New York, former President of Brown University

"A splendid work of history---an honest, clearly written, and solidly based account of the private and public lives through four centuries of one of America's...

"This is a fascinating and intellectually honest work about a remarkable family that has played a major role in the history of Providence and Rhode Island. Sylvia Brown has made a tremendous contribution in writing this wonderful book. It is clearly a labor of love, and we should all be grateful to her for it."

- Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation

of New York, former President of Brown University

"A splendid work of history---an honest, clearly written, and solidly based account of the private and public lives through four centuries of one of America's...

Philanthropy is a booming business, with hundreds of billions of dollars committed to the social sector each year. Money Well Spent stands alone, an award-winning guide on how to structure philanthropy so that it really makes a difference. It is a comprehensive and crucial resource for individual donors, foundations, non-profits, and scholars who focus on and teach others about this realm.

Behind every successful grant is a smart strategy. Paul Brest and Hal Harvey draw on the experiences of hundreds of foundations and non-profits to explain how to deliver on every dollar....