Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America
Paul Tough
(New York, NY : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008)
Paul Tough, editor at the New York Times Magazine documents the story of the Harlem Children's Zone and the evolution of Geoffrey Canada's approach to ending poverty in urban America....
Posted on October 9, 2008
Zone of Insolvency: How Nonprofits Avoid Hidden Liabilities and Build Financial Strength
Ron Mattocks
(Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2008)
Nonprofit consultant Ron Mattocks argues that as many as a third of the nation's tax-exempt organizations are operating in a "zone of insolvency" — a financial state somewhere between solvency and bankruptcy — and that it's just a matter of time before another nonprofit financial scandal makes the headlines....
Posted on September 11, 2008
Philanthropists and Foundation Globalization
Joseph Kiger
(Edison, NJ : Transaction Publishers, 2007)
Joseph Kiger, an historian and senior researcher at the Croft Institute for International Studies, demystifies American philanthropy abroad and makes the case for greater transparency and communication to help the American government and public better understand why dollars going overseas may be in our domestic best interests....
Posted on August 27, 2008
Making Waves and Riding the Currents: Activism and the Practice of Wisdom
Charles Halpern
(San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2008)
Making Waves and Riding the Currents is both the tale of how social entrepreneur Charles Halpern achieved balance in his life, and a self-help book for the beleaguered social change crusader....
Posted on July 30, 2008
Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail
Paul Polak
(San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2008)
Paul Polak, one of the founders of International Development Enterprises and a pioneer in the field of microfinance, reviews the successes of the poverty-eradication movement so far and charts the next steps forward....
Posted on July 17, 2008
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