Taking Philanthropy Seriously

William Damon is Professor of Education at Stanford University, Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace.Susan Verducci is Senior Research Associate at the Center on Adolescence at Stanford University and coordinator of the GoodWork Project.

• ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsI. Defining the ProblemIntroduction: Taking Philanthropy SeriouslyWilliam Damon1. In Search of an Ethic of GivingJames Allen Smith2. Philanthropy and Its Uneasy Relation to EqualityRob Reich3. The Politics of Doing Good: Philanthropic Leadership for the Twenty-First CenturyLeslie Lenkowsky4. Toward Higher-Impact PhilanthropyThomas J. Tierney5. The Lonely ProfessionLaura Horn and Howard GardnerII. Cases of Good Work in Contemporary PhilanthropyIntroductionSusan Verducci6. The Role of Relationships in the Funding of Teach For AmericaSusan Verducci7. Journeys in Venture Philanthropy and Institution BuildingCarrie James and Paula Marshall8. Ideational Philanthropy: The Intellectual Impact of Funding Social IdeasLiza Hayes Percer and William Damon9. Funding on Faith: Boston Ten Point CoalitionLaura Horn10. Network for Good: Helping the HelpersTanya Rose and Sarah Miles11. Power and Mission in the Funding of Social EntrepreneursLynn BarendsenIII. Further Strategies for a Domain of Responsible Giving12. Philanthropy's Janus-Faced Potential: The Dialectic of Care and Negligence Donors FacePaul G. Schervish13. The Foundation Payout PuzzleAkash Deep and Peter Frumkin14. Old Problems, New Solutions: The Creative Impact of Venture PhilanthropyNick Standlea15. Ethical Standards in PhilanthropyJenni Menon Mariano and Susan VerducciConcluding ThoughtsMihaly CsikszentmihalyiList of ContributorsIndex