Give Differently: A How to guide to Philanthropy is our quick, savvy, articulate and fun guide to achieving what you want when you give. It aims to arm everyone who picks it up with the information and skills to integrate giving into their lives, to contribute to the causes they really care about and to make it a fulfilling experience.
The book is written in a clear and fresh style, with appealing design. This is not an academic treatise or a general introduction to methods of giving, but a hands-on guide to help everyone successfully navigate the non profit world. It draws on the established skills of the professionals at the Institute for Philanthropy who spend their working lives supporting all sorts of donors, from ultra high net worth individuals to secondary school pupils.
The book endorses the idea of philanthropy in the mainstream. Whether you give £50 or £50,000, there are ways to give that can make the experience of donating to charity more satisfying, effective and efficient. When people are given the skills, knowledge and networks they can make an improved impact on the issues they care about. Give Differently is a distillation of this philosophy. Giving to charity is generally an emotional and personal impulse – but its execution, though coming from the heart, needn’t forget the head.
Give Differently, in a series of sixteen short chapters, outlines each of the key areas that you’ll need to consider when going about your giving: from “Where Can You Find the Right Charity for You” and “How to Give Tax Efficiently”, to “Giving Time” and “Setting Up a Trust or Foundation”.
Scattered throughout the book are facts and quotations from all sorts of people engaged in philanthropy: from the night porter to the international footballer, the broadcaster to the banker.
The book encourages its readership to give with confidence. It can be flicked through in three minutes, or studied more deeply for thirty. If the latter, it feels like sitting down for half an hour with a leading philanthropy professional sharing his or her ideas on best practice.
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