Philanthropie & Wohltätigkeit

Authors Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler document how progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, digital manufacturing synthetic biology, and other growing technologies will enable us to make greater gains in the next two decades than we have in the previous 200 years....

In 1988 Forbes magazine hailed Chuck Feeney as the 23rd richest American alive....

Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it. Toxic Charity shows us how to start serving needy and impoverished members of our communities in a way that will lead to lasting change....

His good friend Mark Twain dubbed him "St. Andrew." British Prime Minister William Gladstone called him an "example" for the wealthy....

Philanthropy Revolution is the audiobook all fundraisers, nonprofits and donors should be using to create trusting, authentic partnerships that can be sustained long-term. Philanthropy is changing dramatically, and it needs nothing short of an intervention to succeed....

Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, showing how the elite follow a 'win-win' logic, fighting for equality and justice any way they can - except ways that threaten their position at the top....

Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve social conditions. But often their solutions fall far short of what they want to accomplish and what is truly needed....

In 1962, Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley created a software company when the concept of software barely existed. Freelance Programmers employed women to work on complex projects such as Concorde's black box recorder from the comfort of their own homes....

Love your work, work for what you love, and change the world—all at the same time....

In this moving and compelling book, Melinda shares the stories of the inspiring people she’s met during her work and travels around the world and the lessons she’s learned from them....

Wie leicht - das in einem Kind zu sehen und zu sagen: "Ich sehe das Gute in dir!" Wie schwer, das sich selbst oder einem anderen Menschen...

Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just 16 years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career....

People are looking for a better way. Towering barriers are holding millions of people back, and the institutions that should help everyone rise are not doing the job. Crumbling communities. One-size fits all education.... 

An honest assessment for how to determine your individual relationship with charitable giving in today's world....

Maggie’s story begins in suburban New Jersey, in a comfortable middle-class family that supports her decision to travel the world during a gap year before starting college. During her travels, the trajectory of her life alters when she has a surprise encounter with a Nepali girl....

We can end extreme poverty. And in Give Work, Janah shows us how. Give work, and you give the poorest people on the planet a chance at happiness....

A heartfelt, deeply personal book, Showing Up for Life shines a bright light on the values and principles that Bill Gates Sr. has learned over a lifetime of “showing up” - lessons that he learned growing up in the Great Depression, and which he instilled in his children....

Many of us have a deep desire to make the world around us a better place. But often our good intentions are undermined by the fear that we are so insignificant in the big scheme of things that nothing we can do will actually help....

How would you like to be the center of a massive outpouring of wealth, innovation, success, and prosperity....

Inspired by the many demonstrations of "humankindness" that supported Brad Aronson’s family through wife Mia's treatment and recovery from leukemia, he begins by talking about the people who rescued his family from that dark time.... 

While free markets have brought positive change, traditional capitalism cannot solve problems of inequality and poverty....