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How to turn personal passion into an organization with impact For anyone setting out to change the world, launching a nonprofit venture can be a powerful way to enact change. Whether bringing donated eyeglasses to children who have never seen clearly, revamping inner city schools, or bringing solar cookers to refugee camps, the act of doing good can be life-changing. Yet starting a nonprofit?and running it well?can also pose challenges. The Art of Doing Good is an essential companion for anyone looking to start an organization that makes a real difference. Dra

Charities. --- Nonprofit organizations --- Management.

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"Today's top strategies for individual donors to revolutionize their giving and the world. Major gifts may dominate headlines, but the majority of giving still comes from individual households. Even in 2009, at a time of deep recession, individual giving averaged almost $2,000 per household and 82% of the $300 billion donated that same year. Giving 2.0 empowers individual donors of every level navigating the seemingly infinite ways one can give. Based on her vast experience as a philanthropist, academic, and social innovator, Arrillaga-Andreessen shares the most effective techniques she herself pilots and studies. Draws from author's unique experience as founder/chairman of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, founder/chairman of SV2 (Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund), and faculty member at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Helps individuals harness the power of technology, collaboration, advocacy, and social entrepreneurship to take their giving to the next level. Features dozens of stories on innovative methods of how individuals give time, money, and expertise, showing readers how they can renew their giving and reach their fullest potential. A practical and an inspiring call to action, Giving 2.0 is an indispensable tool for anyone aspiring to create significant change"--

Charities. --- Endowments. --- Humanitarianism. --- Social action.

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Charities --- Swindlers and swindling --- Corrupt practices

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Debates on public policy in the United States are shaped, in part, by moral and religious commitments of individuals and communities. Heclo (2003) writes in Religion Returns to the Public Square, "Government policy and religious matters . . . both claim to give authoritative answers to important questions about how people should live." Heclo's words apply especially to the issue of poverty and welfare reform, a matter on which the great religious traditions have played an integral part. Apar...

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Church and social problems --- Social service --- Church and the world --- Church charities --- Religious aspects --- Christianity