Phil Buchanan is founding chief executive of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, a seventeen-year-old nonprofit that conducts research and advises the largest foundations in the country, including Ford, Hewlett, Packard, MacArthur, and Rockefeller. He is also co-founder of YouthTruth, a national student survey provider. He is a columnist for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, and his op-eds and articles have appeared in the New York Times, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and Financial Times. In 2016, the Nonprofit Times named him the nonprofit "influencer of the year," and he has seven times been among the newspaper's "power & influence top 50." He speaks around the country on philanthropic issues and lives in Lexington, Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters.
"Giving Done Right punctures myths and provides helpful guidance
about the complexities and joys of philanthropy. Buchanan makes a
persuasive and always practical case for why non-profits are not
like businesses, why giving is not like investing, and how readers
can find their own satisfying path to doing great good."--Rosabeth
Moss Kanter, Arbuckle Professor, Harvard Business School and
Founder, Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative
"Giving Done Right is essential reading for anyone working in
philanthropy concerned about truly making a difference. Buchanan's
book distills his years of learning into easy-to-understand lessons
that will influence how I do my work. I wish I'd had this book
before I started my job. Many critics question how philanthropy,
with its massive concentrations of wealth, can contribute to a
healthy democracy. This book provides a clear answer."--Richard E.
Besser, M.D., President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
"Giving Done Right should be required reading for anyone looking to
better understand how to achieve more effectiveness in their
giving. Phil Buchanan's research, data and storytelling make clear
the challenges with bringing a business mindset to solving social
problems. This book provides a thorough overview of the change in
mindset necessary to attain more satisfaction with your
giving."--Pamela Norley, President, Fidelity Charitable
"[Buchanan] lays out a framework that can help anyone engaged in
philanthropy to be more thoughtful, open-minded, and willing to
learn, adapt, and keep trying."--Philanthropy News Digest
"A thoughtful, engaging read with important insights and valuable
analysis to help donors and philanthropists be more effective with
their giving. A must read for those who really want to make a
difference when supporting non-profits."--Bryan Stevenson, founder
of the Equal Justice Initiative, author of Just Mercy: A Story of
Justice and Redemption
"For any philanthropist-whether you give large amounts or
small-your money will go much further and your impact will be much
deeper if you understand the insights and advice offered in this
book. It is the essential guide to effective giving in the 21st
century, so you can play your part in the great American tradition
of giving back. Don't donate without it."--Henry Timms, Co-founder
of #Giving Tuesday, President and CEO, 92nd Street Y
"Giving is easy. Giving with real impact is anything but. In this
go-to primer, Phil Buchanan offers invaluable insights about the
art and practice of strategic philanthropy."--Stephen Heintz,
President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
"In Giving Done Right, Buchanan advises grant makers to exercise
more humility in their giving. Coming amid grandiose claims that if
only it were managed in more businesslike ways, philanthropy could
do more (or exaggerated criticisms about the harms such approaches
might cause), that is a welcome message, especially from a longtime
proponent of effective philanthropy."--Leslie Lenkowski, Chronicle
of Philanthropy
"In Giving Done Right, Buchanan has widened his clear vision beyond
foundations by providing a reliable guide for all
donors-individuals, foundations, corporations and indeed recipients
of charitable dollars-who are determined to do their charitable
giving and spending the right way. Anyone resolved to get the
biggest and wisest bang for their charitable dollars need look no
further for guidance now that this experience-filled,
reader-friendly book."--Joel Fleishman, Director of the Duke
University Center for Strategic Philanthropy, and author of Putting
Wealth to Work: Philanthropy Now or Investing for Tomorrow?
"In clear, hard-hitting prose, Phil Buchanan offers a compelling
analysis of how donors-of all shapes and sizes-can make a worthy
difference to the people and issues they care about. Using
experiences gleaned from almost two decades at the center of
philanthropic activity in the United States, Buchanan presents the
insights, data, examples, analysis and words to the wise that no
individual or organization concerned with building a better world
can afford to be without. A must read!"--Nancy Koehn, Harvard
Business School historian, Author of Forged in Crisis: The Power of
Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times
"Overall, for any type of giver-of any size, or ideology-Buchanan's
advice is refreshingly measured. With notable discipline, it is
almost always properly qualified with realistic, everyday
practicalities... Buchanan has written a good book with good ideas
to improve philanthropy. He and others are now having to defend
philanthropy itself against overstated attacks on those who made,
and how they made, the fortunes creating it. This is
unfortunate."--Michael E. Hartmann, Philanthropy Digest
"Phil Buchanan has dedicated his professional life to the question
of what makes philanthropy most effective. Throughout, he has
remained committed to the idea that nonprofits need a disciplined
focus on results, while also keeping clear that nonprofits differ
in significant ways from business. Anyone who seeks to achieve
impactful philanthropy would do well to learn from his vast
experience and deep wisdom."--Jim Collins, author Good to Great,
co-author Built to Last
"Phil Buchanan is arguably the best informed and most insightful
thought leader in philanthropy today, and this book shows him at
his best: Like its author, Giving Done Right is grounded in data,
animated by real stories well told, and provocative in ways that
shed more light than heat. An essential and highly readable guide
for foundations and donors ready to move beyond feeling good to
doing good."--Richard Ober, President & CEO, New Hampshire
Charitable Foundation
"Phil Buchanan knows and celebrates the diversity of the nonprofit
sector, from the smallest community-based organization to the
largest university or museum; from the individual donor making
small annual gifts to her favorite charities to the largest private
foundation awarding hundreds of millions in grants. Giving Done
Right is full of data, insights and helpful suggestions for us
all."--Carol Larson, President and CEO, David and Lucile Packard
Foundation
"Thoughtful and articulate in supporting not only the principles of
effective giving but the value and contribution of effective
non-profits in our history and future as a country...For me, it is
his insistence that we focus on the best that each has to offer in
our pursuit of working together toward a common purpose that makes
this book so valuable. It is about the genuine friendship that is
possible."--Fred Smith, The Gathering
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