Authors Explore How to 'Give Smart' to Charities When Every Dollar Counts
PBS Newshour interviews the authors of the book Give Smart: Philanthropy That Gets Results:
One author is Tom Tierney, co-founder of the Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit focused on helping donors and nonprofit leaders to act in ways that accelerate social change. The other is Joel Fleishman, a Duke University professor of law and public policy, and a long-time expert on philanthropy.
They encourage donors—large and small—to ask themselves hard questions before they write a check. And they tell us the timing of the book is even more relevant because the economy is so weak.
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