Subject: Philanthropy
By Commission on Thrift 68 pages | ISBN 978-1-931764-15-5
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Signed by sixty-six scholars and cosponsored by eight leading think tanks, For a New Thrift describes the growing polarization in today’s financial landscape between two very different kinds of institutions.
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By Martin Morse Wooster 63 pages | ISBN 978-1-892934-05-5
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Return to Charity?: Philanthropy and the Welfare State, by Martin Morse Wooster, clearly explains how the Victorian idea of charity for the poor was replaced by twentieth century social concepts of poverty and social welfare, which culminated in the “Great Society” welfare entitlement programs of the 196os.
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By Martin Morse Wooster 65 pages | ISBN 978-1-892934-14-7
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Author Martin Morse Wooster considers whether the legal life of foundations should be limited to prevent successor trustees from ignoring the donor’s intent. This volume surveys past congressional attempts to limit foundation perpetuity and offers case studies of donors who have put legal limits on their own foundations, setting a termination date and requiring the foundation to pay out all its assets.
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By Martin Morse Wooster 272 pages | ISBN 978-1-892934-12-3
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The Great Philanthropists and the Problem of “Donor Intent” is a must-have book for anyone working in the philanthropic sector–especially anyone planning to establish a grantmaking foundation. Wooster provides fascinating case studies of influential entrepreneurs and philanthropists–including Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and the Pew family–who established foundations that strayed from the ideals and intentions of their benefactors.
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By Anne D. Neal and Michael B. Poliakoff 44 pages | ISBN 978-0-9708058-1-2
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American philanthropists long have been generous in their support of colleges and universities. But donors do not always find the results they envisioned for their generosity and good intentions.
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