Your gifts connect you to a world of giving Americans are generous with their pocketbooks, but trying to make a difference and actually making a difference are two different things. Where Am I Giving? by New York Times bestselling author Kelsey Timmerman takes you on a journey to meet people who will inspire you to live a purpose-filled, generous life and make the greatest impact you can through your career, time, consumer dollars, and donations....

How do nonprofits and charities work? What problems do they need to solve? In YMCA, readers will discover the ways this organization contributes positively to the world. Sidebars and backmatter ask questions for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.

After surviving a shooting at her high school, Linnea is packed off to live with her estranged father, Art, who doesn't quite understand how he has suddenly become responsible for raising a sullen adolescent girl. Art's neighbor, Christie, is a nurse distracted by an eccentric patient, Mrs. Foster, who has given Christie the reins to her Humanity Project, a bizarre and well-endowed charity fund. Just as mysteriously, no one seems to know where Conner,...

"Andrew Carnegie wrote 'The Gospel of Wealth' in 1889, during the height of the Gilded Age, when 4,000 American families controlled almost as much wealth as the rest of the country combined. His essay laid the foundation for modern philanthropy. Today, we find ourselves in a new Gilded Age--defined by levels of inequality that surpass those of Carnegie's time. The widening chasm between the advantaged and the disadvantaged demands our immediate attention,...

"Fundraising For Dummies is your guiding light and saving grace as you prepare and implement a fundraising plan. This updated edition will help you succeed at fundraising in the age of social media saturation. You'll discover how to post, what to include, and where to interact to get the biggest return on your investment of time. And, as always, this trusted resource covers all the basics of being a fundraiser, soliciting the money an organization...

"Readers will explore the ways Paper Beads from Africa contributes positively to the world. Discover this nonprofit's work and what problems they look to solve while fostering empathy and encouraging informed action in the community. Sidebars and backmatter ask questions for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included." --

Overview: American philanthropy today expands knowledge, champions social movements, defines active citizenship, influences policymaking, and addresses humanitarian crises. How did philanthropy become such a powerful and integral force in American society? Philanthropy in America is the first book to explore in depth the twentieth-century growth of this unique phenomenon. Ranging from the influential large-scale foundations established by tycoons...

Love first. Ask questions later.In the middle of the Iraq War, Jeremy and Jessica Courtney found themselves with their two children caught up in the turmoil, just hoping to make a difference. After an encounter with a father whose little girl was dying from a heart defect, they began to investigate options for helping and learned that untold thousands of children across Iraq were in similar need, waiting in line for heart surgery in a country without...

Ex-gangster Michael Emmett recounts his journey away from prison and the glamourous, dangerous world of organised crime and into his most difficult journey yet -- surrender.

Based on the inspirational true story of eight-year-old Zach Bonner on his quest to change the world with nothing more than his beat-up red wagon and a blazing spirit of philanthropy. When Zach sets out to help homeless children in America in the wake of Hurricane Charley, by walking from his house in Tampa, Florida to the White House, he must overcome bureaucrats and blisters and capture the hearts of his fractured family and the entire nation.