What
the Reviewers have to say
“Lucy Bernholz is one of the leading thinkers on the present and future course of philanthropy. Her writings are always a step ahead of the rest and this book is no exception. Her thoughts and analysis on the philanthropic sector, where it is headed and what is required from leaders like us, are both timely and visionary. She urges us to reimagine ourselves as an industry and identifies the practical steps we can take as donors and foundations to build philanthropic capital markets that will help us achieve our social missions.”
Alexa Cortes Culwell, CEO
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
“Now that all the philanthropic hype of the late 90’s has
died down, what are the true, key trends for the future? What really matters?
Bernholz articulately identifies the vital issues we all must focus on
if we are going to capitalize on those trends and optimize philanthropy’s
future.”
Paul Shoemaker, Director
Social Venture Partners Seattle
"Business success relies on networks – why would philanthropy
be any different? Lucy Bernholz has charted how families and individuals
are building "giving portfolios" by using multiple products
and services within the philanthropic sector. She also challenges the
philanthropic service sector to evolve to best serve these donors and
communities. For people just getting started in giving - and for those
already involved - this analysis provides practical insights into how
to get the greatest results from their philanthropy."
Jeff Shields, Vice President
U.S. Trust Company
“Lucy Bernholz
combines the rigor of a trained scholar with the street smarts of an experienced
practitioner. This combination makes her an indispensable guide to the
philanthropic marketplace. Creating Philanthropic Capital Markets provides
her most provocative theories and visions, and therefore is a must read
for anyone who wants to understand, influence or participate effectively
in what she calls the new era of commercial charity."
Katherine Fulton, Partner
Global Business Network and the Monitor Group
"Lucy Bernholz's critical analysis and clear language has captured
the key issues in today's philanthropy and made it accessible to the non-technical
reader. At the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, we were able
to take a Bernholz article and distribute it to our leadership to help
us focus our discussion around new strategic directions."
Marvin I. Schotland, President and CEO
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Los Angeles
"Lucy Bernholz's newest book is a lively and engaging exploration of the dynamic new philanthropy industry in America. It functions as a kind of ‘charitable GPS’ guiding the reader across the fascinating, varied, and shifting terrain of 21st Century charitable giving. But more importantly, it offers a well-conceived blueprint of new ways that private charitable resources can-and should-be better leveraged for greater effectiveness and impact in the public benefit sector."
Peter Hero, President
Community Foundation Silicon Valley
"A completely fresh
approach! Lucy Bernholz has her finger on the pulse of new philanthropy
and a bold vision for redesigning how philanthropy works."
Elizabeth Bremner, President
The Foundation Incubator
“Lucy Bernholz has produced an original and radical piece of work
about philanthropy that is part system theory, part sociological analysis,
and part shrewd observation drawn from the way philanthropy is practiced.
Philanthropy is a serious business, or as Bernholz puts it 'industry',
and what this book does is take the reader through a deep and considered
look at where this field has been, how it got there, and where, if we
are brave enough, it might go. This book is a true tour de force!”
H. Peter Karoff, Founder
and Chairman
The Philanthropic Initiative
Creating
Philanthropic Capital Markets: The Deliberate Evolution
Lucy Bernholz New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004
ISBN: 0-471-44852-4
Hardcover 288 pages
January 2004
US $45.00