Dorfman portrays, through visceral scenes and powerful intellect, the personal and political maelstroms underlying his migrations from Buenos Aires, on the run from Pinochet's death squads, to safe houses in Paris and Amsterdam, and eventually to America, his childhood home. The toll on Dorfman's wife and two sons, the earthquake of language' that is bilingualism, and his eventual questioning of his allegiance to past and party - all these crucibles of a life in exile are revealed with wry and startling honesty. Feeding on Dreams is a passionate reminder that 'we are all exiles', that we are all 'threatened with annihilation if we do not find and celebrate the refuge of common humanity', as Dorfman did during his 'decades of loss and resurrection'.

Product Description: Somehow it surprises me that this book wasn't written earlier, but I'm glad it wasn't. If it had been, Frank Koch probably wouldn't have sensed the vacuum that has existed, and this practical book wouldn't have come to be. I'd like to stress practical...read more

Presents an overview of how large and small businesses can incorporate philanthropy into their business practices, with examples from actual companies.

The nonprofit sector in America consists of some 1.5 million tax-exempt organizations, ranging in size from storefront human services agencies and one-room churches to giant universities and medical centers. The sector accounts for about seven percent of national income, employs some 10 million workers, and uses the services of about 90 million volunteers.This book originated at a conference sponsored by the American Assembly and the Indiana Center on Philanthropy. Leading scholars and practitioners consider three key clusters of issues: What forces will determine the shape and activities of philanthropy and the nonprofit sector in the next decade? How will philanthropy and the nonprofit sector be strengthened or weakened by those forces? How can the challenges of grappling with the forces be transformed into opportunities? The focus is on a variety of pressures: the devolution of federal programs to the state and local levels; the blurting of lines between nonprofit and for-profit organizations; changing distributions of income; major new wealth and its concentration; a revived interest in community and civil society; the evolution of religion and religious institutions; globalization; and other regulatory reform; a retreat of government from tax various policy areas; and the rise of privatization and market models. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: California already has no ethnic majority, and by 2050, people of color will constitute half of the U.S. population. Corporate grant making to these diverse populations is vital, as well as good business sense. This volume, developed for fund-raisers by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), reports on the racial and ethnic grant making activities of leading companies...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Administering Grants, Contracts and Funds: Evaluting and Improving Your Grant System (American Council on Education Series on Higher Education)

Product Description: Essential strategies to show companies how to partner with nonprofits -- and make money.

Shows how businesses can create charitable foundations, and shares examples of innovative corporate giving (view table of contents)

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Product Description: A practical guide for non-profit organizations seeking corporate funding for their programs. Based on interviews with over 35 corporate managers who are responsible for making the decisions to fund non-profit organizations, this book provides a "behind the scenes tour" of corporate philanthropy...read more

Highly recommended!" ―New Directions in Philanthropy"... clearly written, well-structured, and amply documented... Himmelstein’s study vividly portrays the complicated, contradictory relationship of corporate philanthropy to the corporation..." ―Choice"... this interesting and thought-provoking book should prove valuable to those interested in corporate philanthropy, as well as to those interested in the general position and power of business in American society" ―Organizations"... a discerning and nuanced historically-informed and ethically-framed sociological portrayal of the culture of corporate philanthropy. Elegantly conceived, gracefully written, and pertinent to the concerns of both scholars and practitioners... essential reading for anyone seriously interested in the public role of business in our turbulent times." ―ARNOVA News"... a fascinating account of the action behind the scenes in corporate giving." ―Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector QuarterlyAlthough American corporations give away several billion dollars a year to a range of philanthropic causes, this practice has come under fire recently, especially from the Right, because of grants to Planned Parenthood and other "liberal" public policy groups. Looking Good and Doing Good examines why corporate philanthropy has become politicized, how corporations respond to controversy, and what the conflicts tell us about corporate philanthropy and corporate politics. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Corporate philanthropy is at a crossroads, moving from a focus on "doing the right thing" for the community to one that emphasizes the bottom line of the corporation. This new corporate landscape presents some important challenges for the nonprofit sector...read more

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Product Description: One of the more controversial on-going debates in the social sciences concerns the relationship between business, government, and society. This original study makes a significant contribution to that debate by analyzing the relationship between political pressure and corporate philanthropy...read more

Product Description: Exposes the growing corporate threats to the future of intellectual inquiry and civil society itself. Corporate investments, Soley argures, have dramatically changed the mission of higher education; they have led universities to attend to the interests of their well-heeled patrons, rather than those of students...read more

Product Description: Book by Bauer, David G., Otto, Mary L.

Product Description: First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: "The United Way: Dilemmas of Organised Charity" explains the inner workings of the organization whose shine was so recently dulled by scandal. According to a recent "New York Times" article, "Revelations of high expense-account living and questionable management practices by William Aramony, president of the United Way of America - forced him out of his position as leader of the nation's largest network of charities"...read more

A guide to using corporate philanthropy as a marketing tool offers insights into public-purpose marketing, with dozens of specific examples from such companies as IBM, American Express, and McDonald's.

Product Description: Environmental abuse. Illiteracy. AIDS. Low quality education systems. Wildlife and habitat destruction. Poverty-stricken minority communities. Homelessness. Elderly neglect. Children in crisis. These are just some of the societal problems we face on a worldwide level, with effective solutions not always easy to come by...read more