Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets: Why Philanthropy Doesn't Advance Social Progress
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (780 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0470454679 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 302 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Real change relies on big ideas, and Steve Goldberg offers us several." —Lucy Bernholz, author of Creating Philanthropic Capital Markets: The Deliberate Evolution"When I first heard about 'evidence-based medicine,' I thought: 'you mean it isn't?' Read this book and that's how you'll feel about 'performance-based philanthropy.' Goldberg takes some of the best current management thinking and applies it to social enterprise, illuminating both the encouraging successes of social entrepreneurs and the barriers they face. It is an important call and a valuable contribution to discussions about how to improve nonprofits in the U.S. and internationally." —Martin Brookes, Chief Executive, New Philanthropy Capital"Billions of Drops is a must-read romp through emerging fields of social entrepre-neurship and nonprofit capital markets." —George Overholser, founder and Managing Director, NFF Capital Partners. Praise for BILLIONS OF DROPS in MILLIONS OF BUCKETS"Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets provides a bracing and original look at philan-thropy that offers a much-needed corrective to conventional wisdom. Even better, he presents compelling ideas for making the social sector vastly more effective." —
. He coauthored Y2K Risk Management: Contingency Planning, Business Continuity and Avoiding Litigation (Wiley) and has written extensively about nonprofit capital market institutions. GOLDBERG has advised numerous nonprofits on strategic planning and organizational development, including New Profit Inc., one of the founders of venture philanthropy; and Cradles to Crayons, which provides "everyday essentials" su
Philanthropy doesn't move the needle of social progress for millions of American families because there is a stubborn disconnection between funding and results. Effective nonprofits aren't rewarded with increased funding, and weak performers don't lose funding. As a result, fragmented funding fails to marshal vital growth capital that strong nonprofits need to achieve meaningful reductions in poverty, illiteracy, violence, and hopelessness.In Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets, Steven Goldberg explores the debilitating financial constraints that prevent so many nonprofit organizations from producing substantially greater social impact, and sheds new light on how the nonpro
A Critical Book for Non-Profit Leaders I found this book particularly relevant because I've spent over 20 years in the for-profit world and only 3 in the non-profit world. The author points out many of the challenges, opportunities and similarities of each. I believe both industries have much to learn from one another and each could provide more value to society by investing some time doing so. This book does an extraordinary job of doing that. It spends a substantial amount of time helping to frame t. Charity Navigation Fellow Traveler Steven Goldberg has nailed it on a lot of the problems faced in the nonprofit sector. Fragmentation of funding, a tremendous amount of tiny organizations that will never get to scale to really have significant social impact and the list goes on. This book is a great primer on what matters most to get the nonprofit sector turned in the right direction to truly make a difference and stop wasting so much money. The notion of a nonprofit stock market is a bit of a re. "Excellent Insights!" according to Loyd Eskildson. "Despite record levels of charitable giving and volunteerism, it has become increasingly difficult for low-income Americans to become economically and socially self-sufficient," says author Goldberg in his introduction. Philanthropy doesn't move the needle of social progress for millions of American families because there is a disconnect between funding and results. Effective non-profits aren't rewarded with greater funding, and weak performers don't lose funding