1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456631303321

Autore

Pallotta Dan

Titolo

Uncharitable [[electronic resource] ] : how restraints on nonprofits undermine their potential / / Dan Pallotta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Medford, Mass., : Tufts University Press

Lebanon, NH, : University Press of New England, c2008

ISBN

1-282-47283-6

9786612472831

1-58465-811-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Collana

Civil society : historical and contemporary perspectives

Disciplina

338.7/4

Soggetti

Nonprofit organizations - Government policy

Charity organization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-303) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Advance Praise; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Morality of Outcomes; Nonprofit Ideology; A Model of Christian Charity; Conclusion; Chapter 2: The Foundations of Our Misconstruction; Economic Apartheid; The First Error; The Second Error; The Third Error; The Fourth Error; The Fifth Error; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Stop Asking This Question; Efficiency Measures - The Puritan Guard; Efficiency Measures Miss the Point; Efficiency Measures Don't Measure Efficiency; Efficiency Measures are Unjust; Overhead is a Fiction; Summary; New Questions and a Very Large Assessment Apparatus

Chapter 4: CourageA Cold World?; Strategic Plan; Reclaiming Our Dreams; Acknowledgments; Case Study - Pallotta TeamWorks; Methods and Controversy; Collapse of the Company; Impact on Organizations' AIDS and Breast Cancer Fundraising; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

A courageous call to free charity from its ideological and economic constraints