Transforming charity : toward a results-oriented social sector / by Ryan Streeter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Streeter, Ryan, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charity.

United States--Social policy.

United States.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

168 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, Ind. : Hudson Institute, [2001]

Summary:

Charities are becoming market-oriented, faith-based organizations are engaging in civic initiatives, social innovators are turning charitable gifts into investments, and the social sector is growing more complex as local communities find new ways to address the needs of those left behind. In Transforming Charity, Hudson Institute's Ryan Streeter examines the developing trend to assist those in need in ways that deliver real results by changing lives and changing how charity is practiced. He works with concrete examples and draws connections to the larger movement in America to strengthen the institutions of civil society. Transforming Charity is a book fit for an age that is both coping with the forces of devolution and experiencing a renewed confidence in local communities' ability to help their fellow citizens.

Contents:

Chapter 1 New Charity, Civil Society, and the Future 15

Seeing the New Charity in the Past: Emden's Social Welfare 15

Surfing in the Wake of Welfare Reform 19

Welfare Reform and the Civil Society Movement 23

A Multisector Strategy 26

Intentions versus Investments 35

What Does American Generosity Mean? 36

New Charity in the United States 38

Beyond Bickering about Social Capital 41

Three Important Domains 44

Chapter 2 Where the Mission Meets the Market 51

Blurring the Lines between Social and Commercial 51

Mission and Market at the Individual and Organizational Levels 53

Jobs Partnership 57

Getting People to Work through a Program That Works 58

A Holistic Program 60

ServiceMaster's Work Training Businesses 63

Producing Economic and Social Value 64

Case Study: Chicago Christian Industrial League 66

Capacity Building 70

The Mission, the Market, and the Future 72

The Roberts Enterprise Development Fund-a New Breed of Investor 74

Creating Social Returns on Investment 74

Case Study: Community Vocational Enterprises 77

Conclusion: What the Public Sector Should Be Doing with All of This 79

Government the Coordinator 80

Government the Investor 81

Chapter 3 Building a Civic Infrastructure by Leveraging Local Intermediaries 85

The Pillars of Civic Infrastructure 86

Whose Job Is It to Help Those Left Behind? 92

Between the Heavenly City and the Earthly City: Intermediary Organizers 98

The Effective Community Intermediary: Ottawa County Good Samaritan 102

Government Facilitator: The Front Porch Alliance 109

Post-Welfare Reform and a Strong Civic Infrastructure 115

Chapter 4 Toward a High-Impact Social Sector 127

Social Spending in America 127

Social Investment in America 130

Measuring Return on Investment 137

ROI-T 139

ROI-D 139

ROI-E 140

Social Return on Investmen-REDF Again 141

New Ways 151

Where Do the New Ways Take Us? 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1558131310

OCLC:

49405768