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

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Lester M. Salamon (Director, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies)

Leverage for Good

An Introduction to the New Frontiers of Philanthropy and Social Investment

Lester M. Salamon (Director, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies)

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Oxford University Press Inc
12 June 2014

Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy; Management & management techniques; Civil service & public sector

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 social investment.

Together they hold the promise of leveraging for social and environmental purposes not just the billions of dollars of charitable grants but the hundreds of billions, indeed trillions, of dollars of private investment capital.

While the changes under way are inspiring, they remain largely uncharted. This concise introduction to the topic, and its companion volume, provide the first comprehensive and accessible roadmap to these important advances. In the process, these works will better equip investors, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, business executives, government officials, and students the world over to capture the opportunities that these developments hold out to them and to our world.

By: Lester M. Salamon (Director Director Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 160mm, Width: 239mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 452g
ISBN: 9780199376520
ISBN 10: 0199376522
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 12 June 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface by Rip Rapson Acknowledgements Chapters 1. Introduction: The Revolution on the Frontiers of Philanthropy and Social 2. Scouting Philanthropy's New Frontier I: The New Actors 3. Scouting Philanthropy's New Frontier II: New Tools 4. Why Now? 5. Remaining Obstacles 6. Prescription: The Way Forward Appendix A: New Frontiers of Philanthropy Advisory Panel B: Table of Contents for Companion Volume, New Frontiers of Philanthropy: A Guide to the New Actors and Tools Reshaping Global Philanthropy and Social Investing Bibliography

Lester M. Salamon served as deputy associate director of the US Office of Management and Budget and is now Professor at the Johns Hopkins University and Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies.

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

All too many financial advisors cannot figure out how to address their best clients' concerns about charitable giving or impact investing--for them it is an entirely new language they cannot speak. Salamon's book translates it for those advisors and better yet, for their home offices who must figure out this new world of philanthropy and do it soon. --Christopher L. Davis, President, The Money Management Institute