The Seven Faces of Philanthropy: A New Approach to Cultivating Major Donors (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit & Public Management Series)

Offering an understanding of the types of major donors and what motivates their giving. A must for those approaching donor.

This is research that goes back a couple of decades; however no new discoveries or studies have delivered anything to discount or challenge this one. The layout of the book is helpful: to categorize each kind of philanthropist and outline each under the same rubrics in every chapter contributes to the reader's ability to finish reading and having memory of more of this book's content than others'. Indeed, I have encountered each of these 'faces' in my sphere of work, and there is a place for each of them. Now, having a better understanding of how to identify each 'face', what motivates them, what the objective of their gifts/donations are, and how to remain connected with them, I can organize and align requests that I or my organization make in ways that would leverage a better result.

Interesting and informative book about how to tell your types of donors and what your donor needs from you.

This is one of the most sensible, and donor-sensitive fundraising books I have ever read. If utilized, it will truly result in a win-win situation for your donors and your organization because it gets to the reasons WHY each different philanthropic personality donates, and communicates with them in the ways that mean the most to them.

Oops. Inside the cover for Seven Faces of Philanthropy is "The Classic Anthology Defined by Confucius." Returning this one.

Amazing book! So helpful. I can not recommend this enough for anyone who deals with fundraising for nonprofits at ANY level.

The book is an excellent resource if you are involved in fund raising. It was recommended to me by a professional fund-raiser - lots of good ideas.

This brings a new meaning to philanthropy related to the mindset of donors. The book makes sense & it could help non-profit identify future donors based on the research provided.

It's an oldie but a goodie. Came in great condition.

This book really is brilliant, but for £15 a copy I do think it should have been edited for Kindle. There are spaces and hyphens in the middle of words which aren't at the end of the line. It looks scanned so the text isn't crisp, a bit like reading a PDF on your Kindle, really not acceptable.