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The Paradox of Generosity
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The Paradox of Generosity

By Christian Smith & Hilary Davidson

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: The Paradox of Generosity is a compelling and well-researched book that argues that the regular practice of being generous with our money, time, and relationships enhances happiness. Excerpt:...
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The Great Escape; Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality
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The Great Escape; Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality

By Angus Deaton

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: Dr. Deaton, a social economist from Princeton who is widely respected uses this readable book to separate health and income’s effects on global life quality. He is brave...
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Philanthrocapitalism
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Philanthrocapitalism

By Michael Green and Matthew Bishop

October 15, 2019

Editor's note: I wish I would have read this book before I wrote Empty Abundance . While my version of both philanthropy and book writing pales in comparison to billionaires...
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Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making a Difference
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Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making a Difference

By Antony Bugg-Levine | CEO of Nonprofit Finance Fund

October 15, 2019

"In the book we describe the “bifurcated world” that most people inhabit, in which they assume that the only way to solve social challenges is through government and charity and...
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Firms of Endearment
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Firms of Endearment

By Raj Sisodia, David Wolfe and Jag Sheth

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: The organizations who recognize that doing good is good business are becoming the ultimate value creators. They’re changing their culture and generating every form of value that matters:...
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Doing Good Great
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Doing Good Great

By Doug Balfour

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: The target of this book is international donors. Our foundation is very limited in that area and so I must warn that few of us reading this blog...
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Begging for Change: The Dollars and Sense of Making Nonprofits Responsive, Efficient, and Rewarding for All
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Begging for Change: The Dollars and Sense of Making Nonprofits Responsive, Efficient, and Rewarding for All

By Robert Egger

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: Robert Eggar, a close friend of my DC relatives who have worked in his kitchen once a week since it opened, points out in his book that the...
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A Path Appears
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A Path Appears

By Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: This is the book I would be able to write if I had 10 times the experience I have at this time. Every interest I’ve had, it seems,...
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Quote: Spread Your Love

October 15, 2019

By Mother Teresa [more] "Let us not be satisfied with giving just money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So,...
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Quote: Letter to a Young Activist

October 15, 2019

"Do not depend on the hopes of results. [more] When you are doing the sort of work you have taken on, essentially an apostolic work, you may have to face...
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Quote: I firmly believe that all human beings have an innate skill…

October 15, 2019

An excerpt from "Banker to the Poor" by Muhammad Yunus [more] "I firmly believe that all human beings have an innate skill. I call it the survival skill. The fact...
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October Quote: Helen Keller

October 15, 2019

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to...
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October Case Study: Foundations as Catalysts for Collaboration

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Article Link Editor’s Note: In the attached article, Jacob Harold of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation shares his perspective on the role foundations should play in aligning the self-interests...
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October Case History: “Supplies on Demand” by Hope Gibbs

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: Hope Gibbs does a nice job highlighting this, one of the first peer-to-peer philanthropy site. Donorschoose.org is a cool concept, nicely boot-strapped and then scaled. Article:
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Nicaragua: Living in the Shadow of the Eagle
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Nicaragua: Living in the Shadow of the Eagle

By Thomas Walker and Christine Wade

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: Our foundation helped International Partners in Mission (IPM) create its “international immersion experience” program as a way to generate unrestricted revenue in order to sustain and expand its...
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October Article: The Geography of Poverty

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: This article’s surprise for me is that most of the world’s poorest people don’t live in the poorest countries. Does this mean sending aid to autocrats that never...
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“One Love”
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“One Love”

By Bob Marley & The Wailers

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: The Rastafarian thing always threw me off (religion in which Hailee Salasee was considered the Almighty) but I’ve enjoyed a number of Marley’s pieces, particularly this and Redemption...
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October Article of Interest: Turning the Jobless into Entrepreneurs; Letting Talent Cross the Border

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Article Link Editor's Note: As a person who was forced into entrepreneurship by losing his job, this Bloomberg point of view really caught my eye. And it gives impetus to...
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November Newsletter: The Search That Never Ends

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

One of my favorite cousins, Mike Murphy, teases bartenders by saying “I’m searching for the second best martini in America.” When they take the bait, they ask, “Why the second...
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November Case Study: Distance Learning and the Changing Face of Business Development Services

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: As part of foundation’s work to establish a CDFI (Community Development Financial Institute,) we have been researching best practices to (someday) achieve scale beyond Ashtabula County.  This paper...
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November Case History: “Building Strategic Corporate Partnerships”

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: The partnership between iMentor and Marsh & McLennan (MMC) has been fruitful for both the nonprofit and the corporate partner. MMC has been able to get employees more...
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