Through a coherent framework for pursuing such far-ranging changes, this easy-to-understand book addresses new ways for individuals and organizations to invest grant funds, approach regulatory structures that guide giving, and define their goals, activities, outcomes, and achievements. The author applies basic principles of industrial theory and evolution to examine, with a trained scholar’s eye, how individual organizations, associations, and the philanthropic infrastructure can work more effectively.
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List of Exhibits. Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Designing the Future.
Change Comes Slowly.
The Trillion-Dollar Opportunity.
What Does Better Look Like?
Chapter 1. The Industry of Philanthropy.
Defining the Industry.
Mapping the Landscape of Philanthropic Capital.
Evolutionary Adaptations and the Limits of the Industrial Framework.
Evolutionary Aspects of Philanthropy.
Systems Theory.
The Exceptions Prove the Rule.
The Age of Commercial Charity.
Chapter 2. What the Future Could Look Like.
Why Bother?
Getting There.
Assembly Required.
Not Just Newer, But Better.
Chapter 3. The Forces of Change.
Change Drivers on Society as a Whole.
Demographic Trends.
New Structures for Working.
Globalization and Its Backlash.
Environmental and CommunitylR