How you give matters. Discover philanthropic strategies for creating transformational change.
Whether you regularly donate to charity, run a small family foundation, or are responsible for millions of dollars in grants, you are a philanthropist. Delusional Altruism: Why Philanthropists Fail To Achieve Change and What They Can Do To Transform Giving looks at how you can create transformational change. It reminds us that how we give is as important as the amount we give. The author describes common practices that hinder transformational change and explains how to avoid them, ensuring that your gifts help create the impact you seek.
Delusional Altruism - a set of all-too-common errors in philanthropic strategy - can derail a program of giving and result in a loss of efficiency and effectiveness. This book asks philanthropists and charitable organizations to consider whether they have fallen under the spell of Delusional Altruism. Are you cutting out impactful giving in order to save money or avoid uncertainty? Is your philanthropic approach unnecessarily restricted by traditional thinking? This book will help you answer these questions and determine how you can achieve better outcomes through the process of Transformational Giving.
- Ask questions that spur learning and fuel innovation
- Believe that investment in yourself and your operation is important
- Increase the speed of your actions to increase the impact of your giving
- Give in ways that create lasting, sustainable change
- Follow strategies to make your philanthropy unstoppable
Although enhanced opportunities for philanthropic giving are on the horizon, changes to philanthropic practice are needed to prevent this philanthropy boom from becoming under-leveraged. Implementing updated approaches now can lead to positive change for the future. Read Delusional Altruism to learn how you can transform reality with strategic giving.
Table of Contents
Foreword xiii
Introduction xvii
Part I Delusional Altruism 1
Chapter 1 You Save Money on All the Wrong Things 3
Chapter 2 You are Fearful 21
Chapter 3 You Respond Too Slowly 35
Chapter 4 You Have Too Many Steps 43
Chapter 5 You are Too Overwhelmed to Take Your Next Step 51
Chapter 6 You are Fooled by Your Own Efforts 61
Chapter 7 You Ask the Wrong Questions 71
Part II Transformational Giving 79
Chapter 8 You Start with the Right Questions 81
Chapter 9 You See and Act Abundantly 109
Chapter 10 You are Fast 123
Chapter 11 You Transform Lives 141
Chapter 12 You are Unstoppable 177
Chapter 13 You Found Your North Star 195
Chapter 14 You Do What It Takes 211
Chapter 15 Get Moving: Transform Your Giving and Change the World! 225
Acknowledgments 231
About the Author 235
Index 237
