Effective Foundation Management: 14 Challenges of Philanthropic Leadership--And How to Outfox Them

This education will introduce and educate you in this strange and wonderful world of philanthropy - a grantmaker. This will protect innocent victims of beginner's errors.This management of foundation education will deal frankly with the flaws and dysfunctions into which many leaders of foundations, both executive officers and board members, often fall. There is no other way for a field to improve than to expose its bad practices, promote good ones, and strive to support the good ones and end the bad practices.The author, Joel J. Orosz, PhD, also calls on the wisdom of nine hard-hitting critics - scholars and seekers of truth -to keep you from the 'woodshed' for transgressions with their tough, but fair information that has reformed foundations, not destroyed them.This has given wisdom of the past and the good practice of the present, that creates a positve social impact of the future. This has definately given me a good tool to make the most of my calling and improving the live of my future recipients.

The division of chapters by challenges faces by foundations makes this an easy read with good, distinct topics. Some chapters more insightful, meaningful than others, however.

Some good information but presented in a negative tone.