false <![CDATA[Grassroots Philanthropy]]> 2966956 2 A veteran philanthropist calls for decisive, hands-on grantmaking. Bill Somerville believes that foundations can do a better job Grassroots Philanthropy explains how. Endless paperwork, bureaucracy, and beleaguered foundation heads bog down many bold new ventures. The cowboy approach advocated by Bill Somerville encourages philanthropists to actively engage with the community, meet people who are doing extraordinary things, and fund those in need quickly with a minimum of process and paperwork. Somerville s style is straightforward, urgent, emphatic, and persuasive. He encourages foundations to take calculated risks and to fund ideas for actual change, rather than for fact-finding reports that exhaustively sum up what s wrong with the world. This is an illuminating book for those in the foundation and nonprofit worlds alike. With an unprecedented transfer of generational wealth expected over the next half-century, it is also a call to the upcoming generation of philanthropists to step up and use their wealth to ensure that real change happens quickly and creatively. 2996490 1 2 2008 Grassroots Philanthropy total:5|5:2|4:1|3:2| 5 20 10 1 3 0 false false Thu Aug 21 08:35:18 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 08:45:28 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 08:35:18 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Mar 14 17:17:01 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 17:17:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Feb 26 15:23:28 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 15:23:28 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 20:52:53 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 11 21:17:04 -0800 2009 Sun Jul 05 20:52:53 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Sep 04 16:17:28 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 16:17:32 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri May 16 15:58:49 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 15:58:49 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Apr 24 16:23:49 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 16:23:49 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Apr 17 22:55:51 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 22:55:51 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun May 18 06:34:52 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 06:25:05 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 06:34:52 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Mar 23 20:00:23 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 10:37:51 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 10:38:05 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2966956