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"Andrew Carnegie wrote 'The Gospel of Wealth' in 1889, during the height of the Gilded Age, when 4,000 American families controlled almost as much wealth as the rest of the country combined. His essay laid the foundation for modern philanthropy. Today, we find ourselves in a new Gilded Age--defined by levels of inequality that surpass those of Carnegie's time. The widening chasm between the advantaged and the disadvantaged demands our immediate attention, Now is the time for a new Gospel of Wealth. In From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth, Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, articulates a bold vision for philanthropy in the twenty-first century. With contributions from an array of thinkers, activists, and leaders including Ai-jen Poo, Laurene Powell Jobs, Kenneth Frazier, Carly Hare, and Elizabeth Alexander, Walker challenges and emboldens readers to consider philanthropy as a tool for achieving economic, social, and political justice. That task requires humility, moral courage, and an unwavering commitment to democratic values and institutions. It demands that all members of society recognize their own privilege and position, address the root causes of social ills, and seek out and listen to those who live amid and experience justice. What began in Carnegie's day as a manual for generosity is now reimagined as a guide that moves us closer to justice--a guide that helps each of us find a way to contribute. Justice is calling. It's time we answer"--Front jacket flap

"Before the Gilded Age is the first modern and thorough biography of William Wilson Corcoran (1798-1888), one of the nation's earliest and most successful political insiders, financiers, philanthropists, and shapers of the emerging cultural elite during the era before the Gilded Age. He was a college dropout (Georgetown College) who became one of the richest men in Washington. A controversial figure in his own time and ours, Corcoran was a masterful political "shapeshifter" whose chameleonlike ability to work both sides of the Mason-Dixon line during and after the Civil War enabled him to thrive seamlessly between sitting out the war in Europe while rumors of treason swirled around him and then returning to the capital after the Union victory. He was friendly with Robert E. Lee and William Tecumseh Sherman; Jefferson Davis and Daniel Webster. He owned at least two individuals and worked to end Home Rule, disenfranchising the voters of Washington, DC, and ending Reconstruction in the District. He was one of the earliest consistent practitioners of the much-reviled activity of lobbying. And he devised the strategy to leverage public debt to finance the US prosecution of the Mexican-American War. Yet he also played a key role in stabilizing and merchandizing US financial securities at home and abroad, created a bank that remained independent for 175 years (Riggs Bank), and founded the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Corcoran's failings are examined along with his contributions to some of the major developments in finance and philanthropy of his era"--

Microfinance-providing low-interest loans and other financial services to help the poorest people lift themselves out of poverty-was pioneered by the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. In 2006, the bank and its founder, Muhammad Yunus, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and microfinance has since gone on to serve over 100 million people-mostly women-on five continents.First published in 1996, Small Loans, Big Dreams is the classic account of the origins and development of microfinance, from the $27 in loans given by a young economics professor to liberate poor villagers from loan sharks to its present status as a sometimes-controversial global phenomenon. Alex Counts, a protegé of Yunus and founder of the Grameen Foundation, paints vivid portraits of the determined women he came to know whose lives have been transformed by the opportunity to launch a small business, first in the countryside of Bangladesh, then in downtown Chicago, where an experimental project brought the microfinance method to America. In this new edition, Counts traces the history of microfinance, exploring the ways Grameen Bank has evolved in response to challenges from economic downturns to environmental crises. He depicts the various forms-some highly effective, others less so-that microfinance has taken in countries around the world, including Grameen America, the rapidly growing microfinance enterprise now headed by Andrea Jung that serves thousands of women across the U.S. Finally, Counts responds to critics who have questioned the value of the Grameen model and describes the lasting legacy of Yunus's remarkable vision. Small Loans, Big Dreams shows how microfinance can play a critical role in reducing the scourge of inequality by enabling underprivileged people to participate creatively in the global economy.

This book is a step toward curating our existing knowledge in the emerging field of 'disaster philanthropy'.

Since the 1980's, a quiet revolution initiated by none other than the average American citizen has been building. Entrepreneurs, parents, the clergy and even teens are saying, "enough is enough" to a fifty-year stretch of less-than-effective social programs. Their successful innovations confound the experts even as they transform lives nationwide.

The history of a leading regional foundation and its legacy of creating profound good

37 is Aly Sterling's breakout debut, and chronicles her journey through the not-so-normal obstacles women face when entering the entrepreneurial world. This part memoir, part self-help book teaches women how to break through the limitations set upon them and create the business they've been dreaming of - all the things they won't teach you in business school: Move past those self-sabotaging limiting beliefs Avoid emotional roadblocks (a.k.a the "orange barrels" of life) Navigate changing relationships (and get rid of the toxic ones) Take the leap, say YES to your vision (because there's no such thing as perfect timing)

The fun and thoughtful ideas in 1,001 Ways to Celebrate Christmas instill how to keep others in mind, especially those for whom the holiday season can be difficult.

Traces the historical development of civil society and philanthropy in the West and analyzes their role in solving the problems faced by modern liberal democracy

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,3, Hochschule Wismar, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Projekt "Gewinnung von ehrenamtlichen Betreuern", um die Betreuer besser in die Organisation zu integrieren und in der Region noch besser zuverankern.Damit eine Organisation erfolgreich sein kann und sich dem Markt und dessen bevorstehenden und sich ständig ändernden Anforderungen behaupten kann, benötigt diese hoch motivierte, loyale und flexible Mitarbeiter. Die Ideen der Führungsebene und der Mitarbeiter müssen harmonisieren und ineinanderfließen. Beide Ebenen habe eine große Verantwortung und können nur gemeinsam erfolgreich sein.Es ist daher absolut notwendig, dass das Team gut zusammenarbeitet, dass Veränderungen von allen gemeinsam getragen werden und dass eine Analyse der Organisation ausgearbeitet wird, um Projekte und Visionen umzusetzen.

In 1974, American exchange student Molly Melching arrived in Senegal for a six-month program that would become a forty-year journey of transformation. Inspired by her experiences living in a remote village, she founded Tostan, an organization dedicated to empowering communities by using democracy and human-rights-based education to promote relationships built upon dignity, equality, and respect.Tostan's groundbreaking strategies have led to better education for the women of rural Africa, improved health care, a decrease in child/forced marriage, and declarations by thousands of African communities to abandon the practice of female genital cutting. However Long the Night is the story of how Melching, named by Newsweek and the Daily Beast as one of the "150 women who shake the world," is paving the way to a world with human dignity for all.

The eccentric pastor and orphan-lover George Muller cared for at least 10, 000 orphans in his lifetime and after his death through his legacy of inspiring others to do the same, the number of children increased by tenfold. He provided educational opportunities for the orphans to the point that he was even accused by some of raising the poor above their natural station in life. He established 117 schools which offered Christian education to more than 120,000. He prayed in millions of dollars (in today's currency the estimate is 150 million) for the orphans and never asked anyone directly for money. He never took a salary in the last 68 years of his ministry, but trusted God to put in people's hearts to send him what he needed. And neither he nor the orphans were ever hungry or lacking in any necessities.

WELCOME TO THE REVOLUTION! A compassionate rebel lives in all of us. It combines our ability to care with our capacity to act against the odds for the change we believe in. In this compassionate rebel sequel, we look at how millions of individual citizen actions have collectively become a massive social change movement that offers every person a chance to make a difference in the world. We feature the inspiring true stories of some 60 of these everyday heroes who have turned adversity into triumph, compassion into commitment and anger into activism, and whose extraordinary acts of caring and courage are transforming society from the bottom-up. Their personal lives and bold accomplishments are constant reminders that the potential to change our culture dwells within everyone, that we are all part of the compassionate rebel revolution. MEET THE COMPASSIONATE REBELS - Ground Zero Heroes: Courage rising from the rubble of 9/11 - Peaceful Warriors: Fighting for peace at home and abroad - Freedom Riders: Immigrants on a journey to freedom and civil rights - Freedom Fighters: Promoting people power around the world - Community Builders: Local citizens remaking urban and rural America - Care Givers: Champions of compassion from the Katrina-ravaged streets of New Orleans to the impoverished villages of Africa - Speak Out Sisters: Female rebels standing up to war, gun violence and domestic abuse - The Reformers: Taking back democracy in the media, at the ballot box, and in corporate America - The Future Makers: The next generation of change agents working to stop war, save the planet and make their voices heard for years to come