Rekindle America's faith in charitable and nonprofit organizations
In Generosity Crisis: The Case for Radical Connection to Solve Humanity's Greatest Challenges, accomplished philanthropy experts Nathan Chappell, Brian Crimmins, and Michael Ashley deliver a startlingly insightful exploration of the decline of American generosity. The authors offer inspirational solutions to the dramatic downturn in giving in the US, showing us how to re-establish the interconnection that drives reciprocity, love, and generosity.
You'll discover how to help reignite the radical connection between us and value-driven organizations that strive to improve life on Earth. You'll also become part of the conversation about generosity as an antidote to isolation and learn to take personal responsibility for the world's most seemingly intractable problems. The book also includes: - Actionable insights from a variety of vantage points informed by the authors' decades of experience in nonprofit and social benefit organizations - A broad and deep analysis of how to revitalize the spark of generosity that once made the American nonprofit sector such a powerful force for good - Strategies for looking beyond technology as the only scalable solution to the charitable deficit
An engrossing and essential treatment of practical charity and real-world nonprofit work, Generosity Crisis will earn a place in the libraries of nonprofit leaders, directors, managers, and other professionals with a personal stake in ensuring the continued survival of the American charitable sector.
In Generosity Crisis: The Case for Radical Connection to Solve Humanity's Greatest Challenges, accomplished philanthropy experts Nathan Chappell, Brian Crimmins, and Michael Ashley deliver a startlingly insightful exploration of the decline of American generosity. The authors offer inspirational solutions to the dramatic downturn in giving in the US, showing us how to re-establish the interconnection that drives reciprocity, love, and generosity.
You'll discover how to help reignite the radical connection between us and value-driven organizations that strive to improve life on Earth. You'll also become part of the conversation about generosity as an antidote to isolation and learn to take personal responsibility for the world's most seemingly intractable problems. The book also includes: - Actionable insights from a variety of vantage points informed by the authors' decades of experience in nonprofit and social benefit organizations - A broad and deep analysis of how to revitalize the spark of generosity that once made the American nonprofit sector such a powerful force for good - Strategies for looking beyond technology as the only scalable solution to the charitable deficit
An engrossing and essential treatment of practical charity and real-world nonprofit work, Generosity Crisis will earn a place in the libraries of nonprofit leaders, directors, managers, and other professionals with a personal stake in ensuring the continued survival of the American charitable sector.
Table of Contents
Introduction xi
Part I Our Problem 1
Chapter 1 What Would Happen if Everyone Stopped Giving? 3
Chapter 2 Why Our Crisis Exists 27
Chapter 3 From Shareholder Value to Shareholder Values 53
Chapter 4 The Trust Breakdown 73
Chapter 5 The Continental Connection Drift 95
Part II Our Solution 119
Chapter 6 Decoding Generosity 121
Chapter 7 When Generosity Is Good for Business - and Society 147
Chapter 8 Making Generosity Personal 169
Chapter 9 Creating Radical Connection with Emerging Tech 189
Chapter 10 Notes from the Field: Interviews with Tomorrow’s Generosity Leaders 211
Index 237
