- Paperback: 129 pages
- Publisher: Heyday Books (February 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1597140856
- ISBN-13: 978-1597140850
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,330,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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one morning, just before sunrise, I found myself prowling across the loading dock of the South San Francisco produce market, searching for damaged fruits and vegetables. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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one morning, just before sunrise, I found myself prowling across the loading dock of the South San Francisco produce market, searching for damaged fruits and vegetables. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Giving Face to Face, Jan 26 2008
By Philip B. Cubeta - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Grassroots Philanthropy: Field Notes of a Maverick Grantmaker (Paperback)
Bill Somerville is the President and Founder of Philanthropic Ventures Foundation. Born poor, he was the first in his family to attend college. Now, with 48 years experience in nonprofit work, he has written a short, passionate, and wise book, with Fred Setterberg, Grassroots Philanthropy: Field Notes of a Maverick Grantmaker. Bill recommends funding people, not projects. To get to know people, Bill suggests that funders push back from their paper laden desks, and go out into the community, not just to talk to grant-seekers, but to seek out high potential change agents, and get to know them, whether or not they have applied for a grant. To free up time for such direct engagement, Bill suggests ways to streamline paper flow. Bill's advice comes across as that of a man driven by an ethic of service. Those in need are not abstractions to him, nor statistics. With all that money in foundations, he seems to feel, surely more can be done right now to make a positive difference in the lives of people the funder can meet, and should meet, face to face. I can see this book being very helpful not only to salaried grant-makers at large foundations, but also to the founder and family members of unstaffed private foundations, or those who might have a donor advised fund, or just anyone who wants to make gifts not as transactions by mail, or online, but hand to hand, heart to heart, and eye to eye.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The Elegance of Simplicity, Mar 25 2008
By Linda Peterson "A fan of simplicity" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Grassroots Philanthropy: Field Notes of a Maverick Grantmaker (Paperback)
Philanthropists - large, small, individual, family, institional - have generous impulses. But what gets in the way of identifying needs and putting those generous impulses to work? Bureaucracy, cumbersome application processes, "gaming" the system, losing sight of what power a gift can provide. Bill Somerville, a legend in philanthropy and an innovator in grant-making, has created a book that brings us back to the basics. Bill's history, commitment, and straightforward approach restore faith in what gifts (or investments, as he often calls them) can do.Less paper, less process, more generosity, more impact. The math is simple, the approach is elegant -- the man who invented "fax a grant" speaks and we'd all do well to listen. His co-author, Fred Setterberg, has captured Bill's passion and his joy. We all benefit.
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Refreshing!, Mar 9 2008
By Radha Stern "Radha Stern" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Grassroots Philanthropy: Field Notes of a Maverick Grantmaker (Paperback)
I find Bill and Fred's book very refreshing. It is not the same boiler plate philanthropic advice. We should all dare to be different and get our philanthropic best foot out into the world!
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