The Generosity Crisis, Brian Crimmins
The Generosity Crisis, Brian Crimmins
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The Generosity Crisis
The Case for Radical Connection to Solve Humanity's Greatest Challenges

Author: Brian Crimmins, Nathan Chappell, Michael Ashley

Narrator: Christian Titus

Unabridged: 6 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: G&D Media

Published: 02/01/2023


Synopsis

Rekindle America's faith in charitable and nonprofit organizations

In Generosity Crisis: The Case for Radical Connection to Solve Humanity's Greatest Challenges, accomplished philanthropy experts Nathan Chappell, Brian Crimmins, and Michael Ashley deliver a startlingly insightful exploration of the decline of American generosity. The authors offer inspirational solutions to the dramatic downturn in giving in the US, showing us how to re-establish the interconnection that drives reciprocity, love, and generosity.

You'll discover how to help reignite the radical connection between us and value-driven organizations that strive to improve life on Earth. You'll also become part of the conversation about generosity as an antidote to isolation and learn to take personal responsibility for the world's most seemingly intractable problems. The book also includes: Actionable insights from a variety of vantage points informed by the authors' decades of experience in nonprofit and social benefit organizations A broad and deep analysis of how to revitalize the spark of generosity that once made the American nonprofit sector such a powerful force for good Strategies for looking beyond technology as the only scalable solution to the charitable deficit

An engrossing and essential treatment of practical charity and real-world nonprofit work, Generosity Crisis will earn a place in the libraries of nonprofit leaders, directors, managers, and other professionals with a personal stake in ensuring the continued survival of the American charitable sector.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steffanie on December 21, 2022

This book is a popular current read among my fellow nonprofit professionals, so I was looking forward to reading it, but was somewhat disappointed. Perhaps due to having three authors, it was hard to get a clear sense of what the intended audience and purpose is. The book is intentionally provocativ......more

Goodreads review by Valerie on July 23, 2024

I had hopes that this book would be a how-to in fostering "radical connection" (no, I'm not going to capitalize it like we're Germans with nouns, or like the authors of this book) with prospects, but it was disappointing. As others have noted, the authors seem to conclude that corporate philanthropy......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on April 02, 2024

I'm not quite sure what I was supposed to take away from this book. There were no real actionable steps.......more

Goodreads review by Emma on December 29, 2022

The first half of this book was actually the most helpful to me as a professional fundraiser. Setting up the stage for why a connection to philanthropy matters and helping to understand the changing landscape of caring for causes, helps me rethink what I do on a daily basis. The book fell short in t......more