Giving Well, Doing Good: Readings for Thoughtful Philanthropists (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies) [Paperback]

Amy A. Kass (Editor)

Book Description

Release date: January 11, 2008 | Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies

This anthology explores the enterprise of philanthropy—assumptions, aspirations, and achievements. It brings together key texts that can provide guidance to current and prospective donors, trustees and professional staff of foundations, and leaders of nonprofit organizations. Organized thematically, these texts seek to illuminate fundamental questions about the idea and practice of philanthropy, to promote more thoughtful discussion about practical issues facing the philanthropic sector, and to point a way toward a philanthropic practice that is more responsible, more effective, and more civic-spirited.

Amy A. Kass has selected readings from sources that range from the classics to the contemporary, from foundational statements on philanthropy to reflections on key issues of novelists and poets. Each illuminates some aspect of philanthropy. The book is arranged according to themes: goals and intentions; gifts, donors, and recipients; grants, grantors, grantees; bequests and legacies; effectiveness; accountability; and leadership.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book is a sequel-of-sorts to Kass’ highly successful first edited anthology of writings about philanthropy, The Perfect Gift, which gained sales outside the usual academic audience. This volume includes a selection of readings from the classics to the contemporary, and its breadth encompasses political speeches, foundation documents and the words of poets and novelists. The extracts are organised within five themes: goals and intentions; gifts, donors, recipients; bequests and legacies, effectiveness, accountability; and philanthropic leadership. It is the sort of book that can be dipped into for inspiration and stimulation." —Philanthropy UK

(Philanthropy UK )

"Anything Amy Kass puts her mind to will be valuable to those of us who have learned so much from her previous work in civic reflection and philanthropy. I find her style provocative and challenging, but her work is always solid and well—grounded." —Paul Pribbenow, President, Rockford College

(Paul Pribbenow, President, Rockford College )

"I have been impressed with the work of Amy Kass. The Perfect Gift, her earlier anthology, is a marvelous and stimulating resource for dialogue and conversation. I find this new resource exciting and useful." —William G. Enright, Lake Family Institute on Faith and Giving

(William G. Enright, Lake Family Institute on Faith and Giving )

From the Publisher

"Anything Amy Kass puts her mind to will be valuable to those of us who have learned so much from her previous work in civic reflection and philanthropy. I find her style provocative and challenging, but her work is always solid and well-grounded." --Paul Pribbenow, President, Rockford College

"I have been impressed with the work of Amy Kass. The Perfect Gift, her earlier anthology, is a marvelous and stimulating resource for dialogue and conversation. I find this new resource exciting and useful." --William G. Enright, Lake Family Institute on Faith and Giving

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Product Details

• Paperback: 520 pages
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (January 11, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0253219558
• ISBN-13: 978-0253219558
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.3 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #554,167 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Amy A. Kass, Ph.D. is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute. Now Senior Lecturer Emeritus, for thirty years she was an award-winning teacher of classic texts in the College of the University of Chicago, where she was a Senior Fellow in the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy. She has served on the National Council of the National Endowment for the Humanities, as well as on the Council of Scholars of the American Academy of Liberal Education, and as a consultant on American history and civic education at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The author of numerous articles, she has edited four previous books: Giving Well, Doing Good: Readings for Thoughtful Philanthropists (2008); The Perfect Gift: The Philanthropic Imagination in Poetry and Prose (2002); Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Readings on Courting and Marrying (with Leon R. Kass, 2000); and American Lives: Cultural Differences, Individual Distinction (1995).