Section 1: What is Philanthropy?
Editors' Introduction to Section 1
1.1 Why Philanthropy Matters
· Robert Payton and Michael Moody, "Taking Philanthropy Seriously"
· Philanthropy New York, "Key Contributions to Society by Philanthropic Foundations"
· Nathan Chappell, Brian Crimmins, and Michael Ashley, "What Would Happen if Everyone Stopped Giving?"
1.2 Complex Definitions
· Marty Sulek, "On the Classical and Modern Meanings of Philanthropy"
· Peter Frumkin, "Instrumental and Expressive Philanthropy"
· Elizabeth Lynn and D. Susan Wisely, "Four Traditions of Philanthropy"
· Alexis de Tocqueville, "Self-Interest Rightly Understood"
1.3 Debates Over Definitions
· Siobhan Daly, "Philanthropy as an Essentially Contested Concept"
· Dwight F. Burlingame, "Philanthropy is Not the Same as Altruism"
· Shariq Siddiqui, Rafeel Wasif, and Afshan Paarlberg, "A More Inclusive Definition in Muslim Philanthropic Traditions"
1.4 Different Lenses for Studying and Explaining Philanthropy
· James Andreoni, "The Economic Explanation of Philanthropy"
· Theodore M. Lechterman, Emma Saunders-Hastings, and Rob Reich, "Politics of Giving"
· Robert Wuthnow, "A Cultural Explanation of Compassion"
· René Bekkers and Pamala Wiepking, "Eight Mechanisms That Drive Charitable Giving"
· Shawn A. Rhoads and Abigail A. Marsh, "Doing Good and Feeling Good: Relationships Between Altruism and Well-being"
· Samir Okasha, "Biological Altruism"
Section 2: Philanthropy Across Time and Place
Editors' Introduction to Section 2
2.1 Complex history
- Hugh Cunningham, "The Contentious and contended history of Western philanthropy"
- Kevin C. Robbins, "Philanthropy in historical perspective"
- Rhodri Davies, "Philanthropy or charity?: Models of giving from Ancient Greece to Silicon Valley"
2.2 Contested history
- Frank Prochaska, "Philanthropy as the history of organised kindness"
- Olivier Zunz, "Philanthropy as a quintessential part of being American"
- Thomas Adam, "Philanthropy was not invented in the USA"
- Anne O'Brien, "Colonialism and the development of philanthropy"
2.3 Variety and similarities across time and space
- Marco H. D. Van Leeuwen, "Giving by rich and poor during the Amsterdam Golden Age"
- Gertrude Himmelfarb, "Lessons from the 19th century: from Victorian virtues to modern values"
- Shauna Mottiar and Mvuselelo Ngcoya, "Philanthropy as sharing: Indigenous philanthropy challenging Western preconceptions"
- Pushpa Sundar, "Philanthropy in the building of modern India"
- Beth Breeze, "Philanthropy is always a product of its time"
2.4 Understanding philanthropy in a global context
- Tim Brodhead, Philanthropy in the era of globalisation
· Pamala Wiepking and Femida Handy, "What promotes giving across the globe? Eight facilitating factors"
2.5 The Role of religion, race, gender, and geography
· Henrietta Grönlund & Anne Birgitta Pessi, "The influence of religion on philanthropy "
· Tamala Spicer, "Giving by donors of color in the US"
- Joan Marie Johnson, "Coercive philanthropy: why wealthy women funded feminism"
· Young-joo Lee, Payton Goodman, and Yue Ming, "Why and how women give"
· John R. Bryson, Mark McGuinness, and Robert J. Ford, "The geography of philanthropy is not the same as the geography of need
Section 3: Being a Philanthropist - Callings and Critiques
Editors' Introduction to Section 3
3.1 Why Should People Give - Religious and Secular Calls
- Pope Benedict XVI, "Charity as a Responsibility of the Church"
- Dalai Lama, "The Ethic of Compassion"
- Peter Singer, "The Life You Can Save"
- Michael Ignatieff, "The Needs of Strangers"
3.2 Classic Gospels of Giving
- Andrew Carnegie, "The Gospel of Wealth"
- John D. Rockefeller, "The Difficult Art of Giving"
- Tyrone McKinley Freeman, "Madam C. J. Walker's Gospel of Giving"
3.3. How Contemporary Donors Describe Their Journey
- Paul G. Schervish, "Why the Wealthy Give"
- Bill Gates, "Caring and Complexity"
- David Vélez and Mariel Reyes, "The Simple Logic of Using Wealth to Improve People's Lives"
- James Chen, "Becoming a Moonshot Philanthropist"
- Sara Ojjeh, "A Next Gen Donor Finds Her Voice"
3.4 Critiques of Elite Donors
- Francie Ostrower,"Philanthropy, Prestige, and Status"
- Emma Saunders-Hastings, "Philanthropic Paternalism"
- Benjamin Soskis, "The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy"
3.5 Debates about Relying on Philanthropists Versus Business or Government
- Jim Lacey, "Business is Better than Endowed Foundations"
- Karl Zinsmeister, "Fixing Problems via Philanthropy vs. Government"
- Polly Toynbee, "Thank Goodness the Poor Don't Rely on Philanthropy"
- Sarah Reckhow, "When Philanthropists Fill a Government Vacuum"
Section 4: Philanthropists and Beneficiaries - A Complex Relationship
Editor's Introduction to Section 4
4.1 Giving and receiving
- Aristotle, "On benefactors and beneficiaries"
- James S. Romm, "What Seneca said about giving and receiving"
- Moses Maimonides, "Eight levels of tzedakah (giving)"
- Emma Tieffenbach, "The gifting puzzle"
4.2 Philanthropy as gift or justice?
- David H. Smith, "Gifts are closer to the self than the demands of justice"
- Darren Walker, "From generosity to justice"
4.3 When philanthropic gifts go wrong
- Michael Moody, "Seek to do good, but do no harm"
- Jane Addams, "The subtle problems of charity"
- Halima Mahomed and Bhekinkosi Moyo, "Power and philanthropy in Africa"
4.4 Being a giver, being a recipient
- Susan A. Ostrander and Paul G. Schervish "Giving and getting"
- Julie Salamon, "A human exchange of equals in New York"
- Joanne B. Ciulla, "Can tainted money harm recipients?"
4.5 What is the right relationship between those who give and those who get?
- MacKenzie Scott, "Seeding by ceding"
- Marie-Stéphane Maradeix, Arthur Gautier, and Anne-Claire Pache, "Trust Based Philanthropy"
- Cynthia Gibson, Chris Cardona, Jasmine McGinnis Johnson, and David Suarez, "Participatory grantmaking"
- Alan Fowler and Susan Wilkinson-Maposa, "Horizontal philanthropy in southern Africa"
Section 5: Philanthropic Practices and Institutions
Editors' Introduction to Section 5
5.1 The Practice of Asking, The Practice of Granting
· Henry A. Rosso, "A Philosophy of Fundraising"
· Booker T. Washington, "I Am Not a Beggar"
· Joel J. Orosz, "Humane Grantmaking"
5.2 Foundations - Roles and Critiques
· Joel L. Fleishman, "What Foundations Do"
· Helmut K. Anheier and Diana Leat, "The Creative Value of Foundations in a Democracy"
· Rob Reich, "Foundations as Oddities in a Democratic Society"
· Julius Rosenwald, "Against perpetual endowments"
5.3 New Models and Methods
· Lucy Bernholz, "Our Diverse Givingscape"
· Lester M. Salamon, "The Revolution on the Frontiers of Philanthropy"
· Mark R. Kramer, "Catalytic Philanthropy"
· Christina Daniken and Anna Pruitt, "Millennials and Gen Z Are Giving in Distinctive Ways"
· Adriana Loson-Ceballos and Michael Layton, "Collective Giving is Democratizing and Diversifying Philanthropy"
· Bertram Lang, "The Internet Philanthropy Boom in China"
· Ravit Dotan, "Responsible AI and Philanthropy"
5.4 Blurring Boundaries with Business
· Emily Barman, "Caring Capitalism"
· Thomas W. Dunfee, "The Legitimacy of Corporate Philanthropy"
· Emily Rosenman, "A Critical Perspective on Global Impact Investing"
· Dana Brakman Reiser and Steven A. Dean, "The Danger of For-Profit Philanthropy"
Section 6: Debates About Making Philanthropy Better
Editors' Introduction to Section 6
6.1 Debates on the role, purpose, and impact of philanthropy
- David A. Campbell, Susan Appe and Matthew J. Rozansky, "Debates on the role of philanthropy in civic life"
- Beth Breeze, "The need to defend philanthropy"
- Edgar Villanueva, "Money as medicine: seven steps to healing"
6.2 On philanthropic decision making
- Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon, "To Give is to Choose"
- Paul M. Connolly, "Balancing the Head and Heart in Philanthropy"
6.3 The right relationship between capitalism and philanthropy
- Matthew Bishop and Michael Green, "How philanthrocapitalists can solve big problems"
- Michael Edwards, "Businesslike philanthropy is the Emperor's new clothes"
- Amy Schiller, "Philanthropy offsets the ruthlessness of the market"
6.4 How do we know if philanthropy does any good?
- Michael Hobbes, "The Problem with Big Ideas"
- William MacAskill, "Effective altruism helps us work out how to do the most good"
- William Schambra, "The Emerging Threat of Effective Altruism"
6.5 Thinking about doing good better
- Eric Friedman, "Philanthropy is Broken - Here's How to Fix It"
- Phil Buchanan, "An optimist's guide to doing giving right"
- Thomas J. Tierney and Joel L. Fleishman, "From Aspirations to Impact"
- Carmen Rojas, "Engaging with race, class, and gender to seed a more just future"
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