Showing posts with label Phil Buchanan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phil Buchanan. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Giving Done Right by Phil Buchanan

Giving Done Right: Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar CountThis is a really good book about noprofits and how they work. There are great tidbits of information like -- you should not judge a nonprofit by its overhead costs. Giving coherent examples, Buchanan bucks the trend that I normally dislike in my nonfiction books -- using more stories than facts.
Not just for givers, this book should be read by the people on nonprofit boards as well as the people at the top levels. I used to work in the nonprofit world and got to see firsthand what worked and what didn't and I think Buchanan has nailed almost everything.
Will this book appeal to every reader? I don't know. I feel like this is more of a labor of love than a book that is going to appeal to a wide audience but it is a valuable book nonetheless.
Four stars
This book came out April 16th
ARC kindly provided by Perseus Books and NetGalley
Opinions are my own