Phillips calls on nonprofits to move from a focus on monitoring and evaluation—simply collecting data for reporting purposes—to a model that “turns evaluation back into learning messages, creates channels of feedback within an organization, and allows evaluation findings to flow upward within an organization,” writes Candid network engagement manager David M. Holmes....

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City and director of the Eviction Lab at Princeton University illuminates how the rest of us—including those who do not consider ourselves affluent—help perpetuate a system that exploits, disempowers, segregates, and blames the poor....

From Generosity to Justice is not simply a hammer-to-nail exhortation to fight the rapaciousness of our own gilded age, but rather a personal act of both logical and moral suasion with the reader, writes Daniel X Matz, contributing editor at Philanthropy News Digest; Walker explores what might be called the “reeducation of a philanthropist”....

In her book, the president and CEO of the Global Fund for Women celebrates the work everyday feminist activists do and the movements they create—those who are often from marginalized communities but center their communities in their work.....

The authors could have included more about the personalities and debates behind the “Grand Bargain,” but if the authors’ predictions about the future of philanthropy come to pass, private foundations as we know them will already have been condemned to the dustbins of history, writes PND editor Matt Sinclair....

Through a collection of interviews with changemakers working at the grassroots level, writes Samantha Mercado, the authors weave an intricate quilt of community-based solutions from their on-the-ground perspectives from the people who are forging solutions but are often left out of the conversation....

Kral provides six fundamental principles to support nonprofit leaders in taking innovative actions and explains them through real-life examples, writes Candid senior research specialist Sarina Dayal, and whether you are a nonprofit leader or staff member, the book offers useful approaches for harnessing your potential for innovation and new ideas....

The focus of this collection of 19 essays is to draw attention to what was inadequate about nonprofit volunteering in the past—and how nonprofits, corporations, funders, and individuals have worked to change processes for the better, writes David M. Holmes, a network engagement manager at Candid....

In his posthumously published professional memoir, Thomas traces his trajectory from Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood to Columbia University, the U.S. Air Force, Columbia Law, and a career that spanned the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, dismantling structural barriers and winning accolades at every stage, writes PND features editor Kyoko Uchida....

When Marek talks of feminism, it’s not just in the context of how women give or why, but it’s also about feminism’s potential to improve the planet as a whole, writes PND content editor Lauren Brathwaite....

The nine “tools” synthesizing history, ethics, philosophy, sociology, mathematics, and economics give the reader not a blueprint for a perfect society, but the ability to articulate a vision of what that society might be and the methods for achieving those ends, writes PND contributing editor Daniel X Matz....

Marcus tells his life story as one of the American Dream gone right, a pull-yourself-up by-your-bootstraps, rags-to-riches tale, with rejections and detours along the way, always with the advice to "do it yourself," writes PND staff writer Samantha Mercado....

The author, an animal activist, moral philosopher, and Animal Ethics co-founder, compels readers to examine their attitudes toward non-human animals and to become aware of the urgent need to advocate for the legal protection of all sentient beings, human and non-human, writes Regina Faighes, a data analyst at Candid....

While not a biography in full, Last Bet may be as close to an understanding of who Franklin was at the time of his death as we are likely to find, writes PND contributing editor Daniel X Matz....

The book is a good conversation starter about what we could be doing in a perfect world, and what resources, funding, and other support would be essential, writes PND content editor Lauren Brathwaite, but the healthcare systems in the U.S. and beyond are rife with inequities, which in turn prevent those goals from being achieved.....