An honest assessment for how to determine your individual relationship with charitable giving in today's world From world-renowned philanthropists Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies comes a comprehensive guide on how to be a canny, street-smart, effective philanthropist, regardless of your income level. It is also a perfect companion for nonprofit program and development executives who would like to introduce donors to their work and their organizations. Despite their critical importance to philanthropy, donors have few resources for solid information about making their gifts-deciding what type of gift to give, how to structure it, the tax implications, what level of follow-up and transparency they should ask for and expect, and countless other complexities. This book fills that vacuum and helps you gain a special understanding of philanthropy as a business undertaking as well as a deeply personal, reflective process. Drawing on decades of experience, the authors offer a fresh, enlivening approach to the nonprofit enterprise that, too often, is undervalued and thought of as the province of the burnt-out and the overwhelmed. Along with its many candid insights and memorable anecdotes, The Art of Giving also offers instruction on how to create a business plan for giving that works for you.

An honest assessment for how to determine your individualrelationship with charitable giving in today's worldFrom world-renowned philanthropists Charles Bronfman and JeffreySolomon of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies comes acomprehensive guide on how to be a canny, street-smart, effectivephilanthropist, regardless of your income level. It is also aperfect companion for nonprofit program and development executiveswho would like to introduce donors to their work and theirorganizations.Despite their critical importance to philanthropy, donors havefew resources for solid information about making theirgifts-deciding what type of gift to give, how to structure it, thetax implications, what level of follow-up and transparency theyshould ask for and expect, and countless other complexities. Thisbook fills that vacuum and helps you gain a special understandingof philanthropy as a business undertaking as well as a deeplypersonal, reflective process.Drawing on decades of experience, the authors offer a freshenlivening approach to the nonprofit enterprise that, too often, isundervalued and thought of as the province of the burnt-out and theoverwhelmed. Along with its many candid insights and memorableanecdotes, The Art of Giving also offers instruction on howto create a business plan for giving that works for you.

FOREWORD viiby James WolfensohnINTRODUCTION: Who We Are 1PART ONE The Donor1 Getting Started 112 The Joy of Giving 193 The New Philanthropy 234 Donors Come in All Types 295 The Soul of the New Philanthropist 396 Accelerants 577 Finding Your Niche 65PART TWO The Partners8 Do I Do It--or Do I Buy It? 819 Working with a Nonprofit 9710 Running the Show 11311 The Family 12712 The Face in the Mirror 14313 Philanthropy in Hard Times 153PART THREE The Gift14 A Glossary of Gifts 16115 The Pudding Is in the Proof 17516 A Little Financial Advice 18917 On Innovations 20318 Twenty Questions--Investing in Changing the World 213EPILOGUE: Why We Are Here 217PART FOUR ResourcesRESOURCE A: Index of Nonprofit Resources 223RESOURCE B: Further Sources of Information 259ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 261ABOUT THE AUTHORS 263INDEX 267