Money Well Spent

By Paul Brest, Hal Harvey,

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Book description

Philanthropy is a booming business, with hundreds of billions of dollars committed to the social sector each year. Money Well Spent, an award-winning guide on how to structure philanthropy so that it really makes a difference, offers a comprehensive and crucial resource for individual donors, foundations, non-profits, and scholars who…

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1 author picked Money Well Spent as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Money Well Spent may be the single best summary of principles for practical leadership for social change.

It is focused on one dimension of social change – philanthropy – but also serves as a general primer on disciplined and ethical social change strategy. Money Well Spent includes sophisticated discussions of goal-setting, issue analysis, evaluation, and investment. 

Brest and Harvey are two of the leading philanthropic strategists of our young century and Money Well Spent captures their experience with both depth and clarity. 

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