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With charity for all : why charities are failing and a better way to give / by Ken Stern.

By: Stern, Ken, 1963-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Doubleday, c2013Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-244) and index.Description: 258 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780385534710 (alk. paper); 038553471X (alk. paper).Subject(s): Charities -- United States | Nonprofit organizations -- United States -- Evaluation | Humanitarianism -- United StatesDDC classification: 361.7/6320973
Contents:
Big promises, small outcomes: ineffectiveness in the charitable sector -- The charitable universe -- The spaghetti factory: the story of the uncharitable charity -- Money for people: fraud in the charitable sector, fraud on the charitable sector -- The donors -- Million dollar babies -- Dawn of the new charity -- Creating an effective marketplace.
Summary: A former head of a major nonprofit reveals surprising failings in the charitable world while outlining a new paradigm for charitable activities in America, sharing insights into the unique marketplace incentives and flaws of nonprofit organizations based on his tours of unaccountable U.S. charities.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-244) and index.

Big promises, small outcomes: ineffectiveness in the charitable sector -- The charitable universe -- The spaghetti factory: the story of the uncharitable charity -- Money for people: fraud in the charitable sector, fraud on the charitable sector -- The donors -- Million dollar babies -- Dawn of the new charity -- Creating an effective marketplace.

A former head of a major nonprofit reveals surprising failings in the charitable world while outlining a new paradigm for charitable activities in America, sharing insights into the unique marketplace incentives and flaws of nonprofit organizations based on his tours of unaccountable U.S. charities.

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