Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets (ePub)

Praise for BILLIONS OF DROPS in MILLIONS OF BUCKETS

"Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets provides a
bracing and original look at philan-thropy that offers a
much-needed corrective to conventional wisdom. Steve Goldberg
combines a resolve to understand why so much philanthropy
accomplishes so little enduring social change with a timely and
serious proposal to reinvigorate nonprofit capital markets through
the simplest of insights: getting more of the money to where it can
do the most good. This book will change how forward-looking
philanthropists, foundations, and policymakers think about the
relationship between charitable giving and the transformative
capacity of social entrepreneurs."

--Jerr Boschee, founder and Executive Director, The
Institute for Social Entrepreneurs; Visiting Professor of the
Practice in Social Enterprise, Carnegie Mellon University

"Goldberg's arguments are logical next steps in the rapidly
evolving discussion of social capital markets. He offers ambitious
proposals informed by the reality of current practices and focused
on an achievable set of goals. He fully recognizes the potential
for restructuring that is inherent in this time of financial
hardship. Real change relies on big ideas, and Steve Goldberg
offers us several."

--Lucy Bernholz, author of Creating Philanthropic
Capital Markets: The Deliberate Evolution

"When I first heard about 'evidence-based medicine,' I thought:
'you mean it isn't?' Read this book and that's how you'll feel
about 'performance-based philanthropy.' Goldberg takes some of the
best current management thinking and applies it to social
enterprise, illuminating both the encouraging successes of social
entrepreneurs and the barriers they face. Even better, he presents
compelling ideas for making the social sector vastly more
effective."

--Christopher Meyer, Chief Executive, Monitor
Networks

"Goldberg calls for more 'performance-driven philanthropy,'
where nonprofits are rewarded based on their results, in place of
the current dysfunction. It is an important call and a valuable
contribution to discussions about how to improve nonprofits in the
U.S. and internationally."

--Martin Brookes, Chief Executive, New Philanthropy
Capital

"Billions of Drops... is a must-read romp through
emerging fields of social entrepre-neurship and nonprofit capital
markets."

--George Overholser, founder and Managing Director, NFF
Capital Partners