Book reviews
Philanthropy News Digest offers reviews of recently published books exploring topics of debate inside and outside the philanthropic sector. For more information, contact Kyoko Uchida, managing editor, at kyoko.uchida@candid.org.
Generation Impact: How Next Gen Donors Are Revolutionizing Giving
November 28, 2017Moody and Goldseker argue that next-gen donors are likely to create greater impact than earlier generations — in part because they are more invested in using new tools to effect meaningful, lasting change....
The Clean Money Revolution: Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism
October 26, 2017According to reviewer Stephen Payne, Joel Solomon's memoir-cum-manifesto about the importance of taking "a mission-based" approach to finance and investment is well intentioned but has some blind spots....
Teach to Work: How a Mentor, a Mentee, and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America
August 16, 2017Foundation Center's Jen Bokoff reviews Patty Alper's book about her Adopt-a-Class mentoring program and how mentoring underserved you is both an art and a science....
The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class
August 7, 2017In his new book, urban studies theorist Richard Florida offers a mea culpa of sorts for the back-to-the-city movement he has long championed....
The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age
May 5, 2017Inside Philanthropy founder David Callahan examines the philanthropic landscape in the opening decades of the twenty-first century while opening a window on how today's economic winners are using philanthropy to convert wealth into power....
Just Change: How to Collaborate for Lasting Impact
April 21, 2017Tynesia Boyea-Robinson, chief impact officer at Living Cities, draws on her experience in both the private and social sectors to shares strategies she's found to be effective for changing how we think about and create change....
The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life
March 29, 2017Mirielle Clifford reviews the tenth-anniversary edition of Italian psychotherapist Piero Ferrucci's exploration of the essential components of kindness, which includes a preface by the Dalai Lama and a new introduction by the author....
Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
January 31, 2017In his latest best-seller, award-winning journalist Thomas Friedman explores three inexorable forces that are affecting every aspect of our lives....
Capital and the Common Good: How Innovative Finance Is Tackling the World's Most Urgent Problems
November 18, 2016The Pershing Square Foundation 's Keohane explores how innovative finance can be used to fund solutions to social and environmental challenges around the world....
The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout
November 14, 2016In their new book, nonprofit tech pioneers and social media experts Beth Kanter and Aliza Sherman argue that self-care is a critical aspect of any nonprofit professional's job, especially if he or she is engaged in mission-based social change work....
What Universities Can Be: A New Model for Preparing Students for Active Concerned Citizenship and Ethical Leadership
October 25, 2016For the university administrator seeking insight and hard-won wisdom from a respected colleague, Cornell University professor Robert J. Sternberg's new book is worth the time. But for the lay reader interested in the subject, there are more engaging and enjoyable books out there, says our reviewer, Michael Weston-Murphy....
The Fractured Republic: Renewing America's Social Contract in the Age of Individualism
September 12, 2016Levin is admirably even-handed in laying the blame for the current nadir in our public discourse on both major parties, says our reviewer, Michael Weston-Murphy....
Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority
August 30, 2016Civil rights lawyer Steve Phillips argues that while a growing multiracial majority already has the power to reshape American politics, policies, and priorities, progressives must do a better job of paying attention to the concerns of those groups....
Mission Control
August 8, 2016Liana Downey has created a "step-by-step guide" for nonprofits that want to avoid mission creep, find their focus, and change the world....
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
June 30, 2016In her new book, University of Pennsylvania psychologist Angela Duckworth argues that achievement should be understood more as a function of continuous effort rather than natural ability. Our reviewer, Michael Weston-Murphy, is not entirely convinced....
