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The DAF Revolution: Making a Difference in Our Modern World
Ted Hart
The DAF Revolution: Making a Difference in Our Modern World helps people make better, more effective decisions about charitable capital, resources already committed to the public good but often underutilized. As the first comprehensive book focused on donor-advised funds (DAFs), the fastest-growing vehicle for philanthropic support of nonprofit organizations, it provides practical guidance that directly influences financial planning, charitable strategy, and social impact.
This book helps donors and advisors use DAFs to improve tax efficiency, integrate philanthropy into estate and legacy planning, and align giving with personal values. It helps nonprofits understand how to engage DAF donors sustainably and responsibly. It also provides frameworks for vetted global giving, impact-oriented investing, and the use of emerging technologies to increase transparency and access. This book defines success as better stewardship, smarter planning, and greater societal impact.
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Karma Capitalism: Why Being a Good Business is Good Business
James Reed
Many reasons make the time right to change capitalism for the better not least that governments can no longer solve society's problems. Karma Capitalism: Why Being a Good Business is Good Business – part call to arms, manifesto and guide – shows that businesses everywhere can step forward to make positive lasting societal change by becoming a Philanthropy Company (PhilCo). Being a PhilCo is not just a different way of doing business, it is a different karma way of being a business. Author James Reed notes: We need to reclaim the narrative that business can be an engine of progress and can be good for society as a whole. And we can take hope from the fact that there are many people who see the potential for business to be a positive agent for change through a new battalion of firms [PhilCos] dedicated to this new form of ownership.
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Your Nonprofit’s 360Win: How to Build Relationships that Pay Off, for Everyone
Patricia Rachel Schwartz
Would you like your nonprofit organization to flourish, and for you and the others involved to experience increased wellbeing in the process? Have you ever wondered how to engage the right people to support your good work? This book focuses on building and leveraging relationships for long term success. It is a step-by-step guide to igniting the energy of your board, catalyzing donor prospects and capturing the power of the community – a win for everyone involved, especially those you are committed to serve! Draw everyone closer to your mission and reap the benefits of financial support and participation through the story-based approach, Relationship Building for Prosperity®, upon which the book is based.
The practical tools provided guide you in authentic, strategic ways to invite your prospects to invest, create partnerships and recruit new board leaders while increasing empowerment, wellbeing, and resilience for future challenges.
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BE SEE DO: The Art of Humane Leadership
Jerry White
Whether you are an aspiring leader, a nonprofit changemaker, or a philanthropist seeking meaningful impact, BE SEE DO offers an extraordinary guide and practical compass for turning vision into meaningful change. When he was twenty, the author Jerry White lost his right leg to a landmine explosion and went on to share the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. He is recognized for leading high-impact strategies and negotiating treaties that have improved millions of lives. Who will benefit most from learning to Be-See-Do? Entrepreneurs struggling to scale their innovative ideas for impact; nonprofit leaders experiencing burnout and lack of focus; policymakers looking for new approaches to intractable problems; and philanthropists who don't want to waste resources on naive "well-meaning" initiatives. Learn to BE yourself, SEE what's possible, and DO something useful, by helping yourself and others to flourish.
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Protect Your Mission: The finance framework for nonprofit leaders
Ryan Alexander
Protect Your Mission helps nonprofit CEOs, executive directors, and boards build the financial infrastructure necessary to sustain and scale their work. The book introduces the IMPACT Framework for Nonprofits™, a practical model developed from more than two decades of experience working with organizations across the sector. The framework provides guidance for strengthening internal controls, improving grant management, aligning budgets with strategy, and producing reliable financial reporting. By organizing these financial functions into a structured approach, the book helps nonprofits strengthen oversight, reduce operational risk, and build the systems that support greater stability, transparency, and long-term impact.
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The Nonprofit Paradox
Nehal Gandhi
The Nonprofit Paradox helps donors, nonprofit leaders, and boards make more informed decisions about giving and social change. Drawing on 25+ years in nonprofit finance and philanthropy, Nehal Gandhi reveals how funding restrictions, overhead expectations, compliance demands, and partnerships affect organizations and the communities they serve. Donors gain a clearer understanding of what their gifts need to support, including the people, systems, and infrastructure behind effective programs. Nonprofit leaders gain language to explain financial pressures, advocate for realistic funding, and build more candid relationships with funders. Boards gain perspective on the decisions that shape organizational resilience.
Through accessible stories and reflection, the book encourages readers to ask better questions, recognize the full costs of nonprofit work, and align generosity with community needs, helping create stronger organizations and more thoughtful giving.
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The School in the Market: How Localization Is Helping Africans Start Their Own Education Revolution
Irene Prizker
The School in the Market demonstrates that business innovation can solve some of the world's most persistent social challenges. Through real-world outcomes in underserved communities, the book provides a roadmap for how financial tools—like microloans and business training—can empower local leaders to strengthen their communities and economy from the ground up. Rather than reinforcing aid dependency, Irene's approach to philanthropy treats underserved schools as small, community-focused enterprises that generate jobs and improve infrastructure while providing better learning opportunities for children.
Irene's book encourages business leaders, philanthropists, and policymakers to rethink how they invest in social change, and to adopt strategies that build economic resilient. The School in the Market creates a strong case for reimagining philanthropy as a catalyst for independence and lasting opportunity.
Finalist
The Nonprofit Flywheel: A Playbook for Sustainable Growth, Smarter Strategy and Lasting Impact
Suzanne Naomi Smith
Nonprofits are expected to solve complex problems while often operating with limited capacity, fragile systems and constant pressure to do more. *The Nonprofit Flywheel* strengthens the organizations behind those missions. This field-tested, interactive Playbook helps nonprofit leaders, boards and changemakers assess where their organizations are stuck, identify priorities and turn insight into action. Its six interconnected drivers — Impact, Brand, Revenue, Operations, Culture and Governance — show readers how decisions across an organization can work together to create alignment and momentum. Reflection questions, assessments and practical tools allow teams to apply the framework during staff meetings, board retreats and strategic planning conversations. By helping nonprofits build resilience, sustain their people and adapt to change, the Playbook enables them to serve their communities more effectively over time. Its digital edition is free, removing cost as a barrier.