Random House New Releases - Business & Economics - Nonprofit Organizations & Charities

The Generosity Network by Karl Weber

2013-09-24T00:30:00-05:00

The Generosity Network New Transformational Tools for Successful Fund-Raising
Written by Jennifer McCrea, Jeffrey C. Walker and Karl Weber

eBook, 304 pages | Deepak Chopra | Business & Economics - Nonprofit Organizations & Charities; Social Science - Philanthropy & Charity; Business & Economics - Careers | $13.99 | 978-0-7704-3780-0 (0-7704-3780-X)

The Generosity Network is the essential guide to the art of activating resources of every kind behind any worthy cause. Philanthropist Jeff Walker and fund-raising expert Jennifer McCrea offer a fresh new perspective that can make the toughest challenges of nonprofit management and development less stressful, more rewarding—and even fun.
            Walker and McCrea show how traditional pre-scripted, money-centered, goal-oriented fund-raising techniques lead to anxiety and failure, while open-spirited, curiosity-driven, person-to-person connections lead to discovery, growth—and often amazing results. Through engrossing personal stories, a wealth of innovative suggestions, and inspiring examples, they show nonprofit leaders how to build a community of engaged partners who share a common passion and are eager to provide the resources needed to change the world—not just money, but also time, talents, personal networks, creative thinking, public support, and all the other forms of social capital that often seem scanty yet are really abundant, waiting to be uncovered and mobilized.
            Highly practical, motivating, and thought provoking, The Generosity Network is designed to energize and empower nonprofit leaders, managers, donors, board members, and other supporters. Whether you help run a multimillion-dollar global nonprofit or raise funds for a local scout troop, PTA, or other community organization, you’ll learn new approaches that will make your work more successful and enjoyable than ever.

From the Hardcover edition.

The Generosity Network by Karl Weber

2013-09-24T00:30:00-05:00

The Generosity Network New Transformational Tools for Successful Fund-Raising
Written by Jennifer McCrea, Jeffrey C. Walker and Karl Weber

Hardcover, 304 pages | Deepak Chopra | Business & Economics - Nonprofit Organizations & Charities; Social Science - Philanthropy & Charity; Business & Economics - Careers | $26.00 | 978-0-7704-3779-4 (0-7704-3779-6)

With Charity for All by Ken Stern

2013-02-26T00:30:00-05:00

With Charity for All Why Charities Are Failing and a Better Way to Give
Written by Ken Stern

Hardcover, 272 pages | Doubleday | Business & Economics - Nonprofit Organizations & Charities; Social Science - Philanthropy & Charity; Business & Economics | $26.95 | 978-0-385-53471-0 (0-385-53471-X)

Vast and largely unexamined, the world of American charities accounts for fully 10 percent of economic activity in this country, yet operates with little accountability, no real barriers to entry, and a stunning lack of evidence of effectiveness. In With Charity for All, Ken Stern reveals a problem hidden in plain sight and prescribes a whole new way for Americans to make a difference.

Each year, two thirds of American households donate to charities, with charitable revenues exceeding one trillion dollars. Yet while the mutual fund industry employs more than 150,000 people to rate and evaluate for-profit companies, nothing remotely comparable exists to monitor the nonprofit world. Instead, each individual is on his or her own, writing checks for a cause and going on faith. Ken Stern, former head of NPR and a long-time nonprofit executive, set out to investigate the vast world of U.S. charities and discovered a sector hobbled by deep structural flaws. Unlike private corporations that respond to market signals and go out of business when they fail, nonprofit organizations have a very low barrier to entry (the IRS approves 99.5 percent of applications) and once established rarely die. From water charities aimed at improving life in Africa to drug education programs run by police officers in thousands of U.S. schools, and including American charitable icons such as the Red Cross, Stern tells devastating stories of organizations that raise and spend millions of dollars without ever cracking the problems they set out to solve.
But he also discovered some good news: a growing movement toward accountability and effectiveness in the nonprofit world. With Charity for All is compulsively readable, driven in its early pages by the plight of millions of Americans donating to good causes to no good end, and in its last chapters by an inspiring prescription for individual giving and widespread reform.

With Charity for All by Ken Stern

2013-02-26T00:30:00-05:00

With Charity for All Why Charities Are Failing and a Better Way to Give
Written by Ken Stern

eBook, 272 pages | Doubleday | Business & Economics - Nonprofit Organizations & Charities; Social Science - Philanthropy & Charity; Business & Economics | $13.99 | 978-0-385-53472-7 (0-385-53472-8)

Render Unto Rome by Jason Berry

2012-06-12T00:30:00-05:00

Render Unto Rome The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church
Written by Jason Berry

Trade Paperback, 432 pages | Broadway | Religion - Catholicism; Business & Economics - Nonprofit Organizations & Charities; History - World | $16.00 | 978-0-385-53134-4 (0-385-53134-6)

AN INVESTIGATION OF EPIC FINANCIAL INTRIGUE, RENDER UNTO ROME EXPOSES THE SECRECY AND DECEIT THAT RUN COUNTER TO THE VALUES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

The Sunday collection in every Catholic church throughout the world is as familiar a part of the Mass as the homily and even Communion. There is no doubt that historically the Catholic Church has been one of the great engines of charity in history. But once a dollar is dropped in that basket, where does it go? How are weekly cash contributions that can amount to tens of thousands of dollars accounted for? Where does the money go when a diocese sells a church property for tens of millions of dollars? And what happens when hundreds of millions of dollars are turned over to officials at the highest ranks, no questions asked, for their discretionary use? The Roman Catholic Church is the largest organization in the world. The Vatican has never revealed its net worth, but the value of its works of art, great churches, property in Rome, and stocks held through its bank easily run into the tens of billions. Yet the Holy See as a sovereign state covers a mere 108 acres and has a small annual budget of about $280 million.

No major book has examined the church’s financial underpinnings and practices with such journalistic force. Today the church bears scrutiny by virtue of the vast amounts of money (nearly $2 billion in the United States alone) paid out to victims of clergy abuse. Amid mounting diocesan bankruptcies, bishops have been selling off whole pieces of the infrastructure—churches, schools, commercial properties—while the nephew of one of the Vatican’s most powerful cardinals engaged in a lucrative scheme to profiteer off the enormous downsizing of American church wealth.

Render Unto Rome by Jason Berry

2011-06-07T00:30:00-05:00

Render Unto Rome The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church
Written by Jason Berry

Hardcover, 432 pages | Crown | Religion - Catholicism; Business & Economics - Nonprofit Organizations & Charities; History - World | $25.00 | 978-0-385-53132-0 (0-385-53132-X)

Render Unto Rome by Jason Berry

2011-06-07T00:30:00-05:00

Render Unto Rome The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church
Written by Jason Berry

eBook | Crown | Religion - Catholicism; Business & Economics - Nonprofit Organizations & Charities; History - World | $11.99 | 978-0-385-53133-7 (0-385-53133-8)

Render Unto Rome by Jason Berry

2011-06-07T00:30:00-05:00

Render Unto Rome The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church
Written by Jason Berry
Read by Jason Berry

Unabridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Religion - Catholicism; Business & Economics - Nonprofit Organizations & Charities; History - World | $25.00 | 978-0-307-87743-7 (0-307-87743-4)

Filthy Rich by Peter Lengsfelder

2011-01-12T00:30:00-05:00

Filthy Rich How to Turn Your Nonprofit Fantasies into Cold, Hard Cash
Written by Richard Steckel, Robin Simons and Peter Lengsfelder

eBook, 256 pages | Ten Speed Press | Business & Economics - Nonprofit Organizations & Charities | $12.99 | 978-0-307-76847-6 (0-307-76847-3)

When FILTHY RICH was first published in 1989, there were close to one million nonprofit organizations competing for cash to fund projects. Today, that number has more than doubled, and the competition for funding is as fierce as ever. While nonprofits' philanthropical outlook may distinguish them from their for-profit counterparts, they still have to keep an eye on the bottom line if they are to keep their projects funded and successful. In this revised and updated guide to running a nonprofit, Dr. Richard Steckel explains that, just like the most visionary venture capitalist, nonprofits must channel their dreams of grandeur into a goal-oriented, entrepreneurial organization. Follow Dr. Steckel's realistic, step-by-step plan to develop a strong vision, get your message heard, and make money to keep your nonprofit alive!

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Random House New Releases - Business & Economics - Nonprofit Organizations & Charities

The Generosity Network by Karl Weber

The Generosity Network New Transformational Tools for Successful Fund-RaisingWritten by Jennifer McCrea, Jeffrey C. Walker and Karl Weber

The Generosity Network by Karl Weber

The Generosity Network New Transformational Tools for Successful Fund-RaisingWritten by Jennifer McCrea, Jeffrey C. Walker and Karl Weber

With Charity for All by Ken Stern

With Charity for All Why Charities Are Failing and a Better Way to GiveWritten by Ken Stern

With Charity for All by Ken Stern

With Charity for All Why Charities Are Failing and a Better Way to GiveWritten by Ken Stern

Render Unto Rome by Jason Berry

Render Unto Rome The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic ChurchWritten by Jason Berry

Render Unto Rome by Jason Berry

Render Unto Rome The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic ChurchWritten by Jason Berry

Render Unto Rome by Jason Berry

Render Unto Rome The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic ChurchWritten by Jason Berry

Render Unto Rome by Jason Berry

Render Unto Rome The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic ChurchWritten by Jason Berry Read by Jason Berry

Filthy Rich by Peter Lengsfelder

Filthy Rich How to Turn Your Nonprofit Fantasies into Cold, Hard CashWritten by Richard Steckel, Robin Simons and Peter Lengsfelder

The Generosity Network New Transformational Tools for Successful Fund-Raising
Written by Jennifer McCrea, Jeffrey C. Walker and Karl Weber

The Generosity Network New Transformational Tools for Successful Fund-Raising
Written by Jennifer McCrea, Jeffrey C. Walker and Karl Weber

With Charity for All Why Charities Are Failing and a Better Way to Give
Written by Ken Stern

With Charity for All Why Charities Are Failing and a Better Way to Give
Written by Ken Stern

Render Unto Rome The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church
Written by Jason Berry

Render Unto Rome The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church
Written by Jason Berry

Render Unto Rome The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church
Written by Jason Berry

Render Unto Rome The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church
Written by Jason Berry
Read by Jason Berry

Filthy Rich How to Turn Your Nonprofit Fantasies into Cold, Hard Cash
Written by Richard Steckel, Robin Simons and Peter Lengsfelder