The author sets out not only to share the stories of women facing systemic inequalities and lack of resources but also to make it easy for readers to take action to make a meaningful difference for women and girls worldwide....

A journalist, academic, and fundraising consultant, Schiller is critical of all of us who have bought into, enable, and perpetuate 21st-century philanthropy’s obsession with “return on investment,” which reduces humanity to a “market value”....

As so many nonprofit leaders have come to understand, success is a moving target, and the measurements change with each new collaboration and milestone, writes Samantha Mercado, a staff writer at Philanthropy News Digest....

From his vantage within the federal government and wealthy private foundations, Shah offers a fascinating insider view of how change happens—a narrative of innovation, cooperation, and possibility, writes Sato, director of research at Candid....

The book is not just a primer on transforming the nonprofit workplace into places of safety and refuge for Black people but a guidebook on challenging anti-Blackness in many areas of everyday life, writes Brathwaite, content editor at PND....

The book, writes Matz, is the billionaire and philanthropist’s first-hand account of a life that has leveraged every chance, every relationship, every lesson learned to achieve a single-minded goal: being the best at what he does and maximizing his reward....

Wildstein does well to anticipate the places where readers may struggle to understand what is, ultimately, the core thesis of his book, writes Silverman: that we tend not to assign leadership qualities to people who spend most of their time working in service in others—those we usually think of as followers rather than leaders....

Harris, an attorney specializing in nonprofits, clearly delineates the steps from A to Z to set up a successful nonprofit, writes Behk; the book is a mini encyclopedia of the fundamentals of starting a nonprofit organization....

The environmental and philanthropic policy advisor explores an economic contradiction most of us routinely ignore: How can we value the indispensable—without which life on Earth cannot exist—at zero but dispensable production in the trillions? writes PND’s Matt Sinclair....

While the five truths feel intuitive, it is the way Mishrell communicates them and builds on them that is truly invaluable, writes Candid research operations associate Guy Mika; the book is peppered with anecdotes and devices to help would-be CPOs internalize the information....

Speciesism—the presumption that humans are superior to animals—is at the root of the indifference to the mistreatment and killing of animals, writes Faighes, a data analyst at Candid, and Singer provides a detailed guide to what he refers to as “effective altruism for animals”....

It is precisely because the issues to be addressed are urgent that we must not sacrifice “inclusion, participation, and sustainability for speed,” argues Haselmayer, a serial social entrepreneur, former New America fellow, and a senior leader at Ashoka Innovators for the Public....

Schizer is at once inspired by all the good that nonprofits accomplish—often with limited dollars—but equally frustrated by the mediocrity that he sees as pervasive, writes Matz; his alliterative list of “not so easy” steps include plan, persevere, prioritize, pivot, publicize, and partner—seemingly obvious but functionally critical tasks....

Pallotta highlights three main questions to keep in mind when deciding to support a charity: What are their goals? How do they measure progress? How do they plan to improve? writes Mercado; the answers to those questions should be something quantifiable, or at the very least, something tangible enough to hold the organization accountable....

Steele first recounts her own journey and then analyzes the steps she took to create the Impact100 model, grow it, stabilize it, and nurture a new generation of leaders to help maintain it as it expanded, writes Audrey Silverman....