Leverage for Good : An Introduction to the New Frontiers of Philanthropy and Social Investment

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salamon, Lester M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charities.

Endowments.

Social service.

Local Subjects:

Charities.

Endowments.

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2014.

Summary:

With the resources of both governments and traditional philanthropy barely growing or in decline, yet the problems of poverty, ill-health, and environmental degradation ballooning daily, new models for financing social and environmental objectives are urgently needed. Fortunately, a revolution is underway in the instruments and institutions available to meet this need. Loans, loan guarantees, private equity, barter arrangements, social stock exchanges, bonds, social secondary markets, and investment funds are just some of the actors and tools occupying the new frontiers of philanthropy and soc

Contents:

Cover; Leverage for Good; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Revolution on the Frontiers of Philanthropy and Social Investment; Chapter 2 Scouting Philanthropy's New Frontier I: New Actors; Chapter 3 Scouting Philanthropy's New Frontier II: New Tools; Chapter 4 Why Now?; Chapter 5 Remaining Obstacles; Chapter 6 Prescription: The Way Forward; Appendix ANew Frontiers of Philanthropy Project Advisory Panel

Appendix BCompanion VolumeNew Frontiers of Philanthropy:A Guide to the New Actors and Tools Reshaping Global Philanthropy anNotes; Glossary; Bibliography; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-19-939258-7

0-19-937654-9