Resources in English: 

 

• David Bornstein: How to change the world. Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas. Oxford University Press, New York 2004.
  What business entrepreneurs are to the economy, social entrepreneurs are to social change. This book tells the fascinating stories of ten of these remarkable individuals from all over the world.

  

• Charles W. Collier: Wealth in Families. 5th edition, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 2003.
  This book wants to encourage people to think about the fundamental questions surrounding wealth and its effect in families. It deals with the role philanthropy can play in helping families to convey both assets and values from generation to generation.

  

• Susan Crites Price: The Giving family. Raising our children to help others. Council on Foundations, Washington 2001.
  The Giving family offers parents dozens of simple daily activities to involve children of any age in philanthropic concerns. It recounts inspiring stories of families that have made giving to others a family value.
  
  
• Lee Davis & Nicole Etchart: All in the same boat. An Introduction to Engaged Philanthropy. Nonprofit Enterprise and Self-sustainability Team (NESsT), Turlock, California 2005.
  As many philanthropists are successful business professionals, investors or entrepreneurs, in addition to their financial resources they bring expertise, skills, and collegial networks to the nonprofits they support. "All in the same boat" highlights what makes this approach different from traditional philanthropy and why it is on the rise worldwide.

  

• Bill Drayton: Everyone a changemaker. Social Entrepreneurship’s Ultimate Goal. Available at http://www.ashoka.org/files/innovations8.5x11FINAL_0.pdf.
  In this article, Ashoka-Founder Bill Drayton defines his vision of spreading the idea of social entrepreneurship across the world and shows the potential social entrepreneurs have for changing the world. Bill also describes the frameworks needed to foster social change, and the part Ashoka as a global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs can play in this.
  
• Dirk Eilinghoff: Rethinking Philanthropic Effectiveness. Lessons from an International Network of Foundation Experts. Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh 2005.
  The book summarises a four year-project with more than 60 practitioners from Europe, the Americas and Asia and raises topics such as: What are the major challenges facing philanthropy today? How do foundations define best practices for management and evaluation? How can foundations increase their efficiency and effectiveness?
• Katherine Fulton & Andrew Blau: Looking out for the future. An Orientation for twenty-first century philanthropists. Monitor Company Group, LLP, Cambridge, Mass. 2005.
  This publication is about how philanthropy is evolving and could evolve in the next generation around our changing and connected world. It uses different scenarios to illustrate the many choices a philanthropist has to make and highlights different options for getting involved.
  
• Tracy Gary & Melissa Kohner: Inspired Philanthropy. 2nd edition, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco 2002.
  The authors show how to create a giving plan and how to align your giving with your values. Examples, plenty of exercises and the straight forward style of the text make this a very useful handbook for anyone thinking about his/her giving plan.
  
  
• Kelin E. Gersick: Generations of Giving. Leadership and Continuity in Family Foundations. A study commissioned by the National Center for Family Philanthropy, Washington 2006.
  Based on hundreds of interviews and case studies Dr. Gersick and his team of researchers identify the most important challenges facing family foundations and the fundamental practices that lead to their success.
  
  
• Alison Goldberg, Karen Pittelman & Resource Generation: Creating Change through Family Philanthropy. The next generation. Soft Skull Press, New York 2006.
  This book especially but not only addresses young people who are just becoming involved in philanthropy. With personal stories and exercises it helps the next generation to do philanthropy their own way.
  
  
• Barbara D. Kibbe, Fred Setterberg, Colburn S. Wilbur: Grantmaking Basics. A Field Guide for Funders. Council on Foundations, Washington 1999.
  The book outlines both the guiding principles and the daily routines of a funder's life. Amongst others you find techniques for reviewing grant proposals, ideas for conducting site visits and increasing your communication skills. Checklists, case studies and a handy glossary with definitions of the most common grantmaking terms make this a very useful guide for donors.
  
  
• Susan Mackenzie (ed.): A Guide to Giving. Produced by Philanthropy UK, published by the Association of Charitable Foundations, 2nd edition 2005. http://www.philanthropyuk.org/home
  A Guide to Giving is an excellent, free handbook for anyone who would like to support charities and good causes effectively. The Guide provides clear, practical and objective guidance on a variety of approaches to and mechanisms for giving. The new edition includes a framework for effective giving, with a step-by-step process for creating a charitable giving strategy. The Guide also has guest contributions from leading organisations and individuals on a variety of topics, including venture philanthropy, community foundations, charity selection and social returns. In addition, profiles of individual philanthropists bring to life the information and guidance though inspiring, real-life examples.
  
  

• Alliance Magazine on philanthropy and social investment www.alliancemagazine.org.
  Alliance provides news and analysis of what is happening in the philanthropy and social investment sectors across the world, and a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences among practitioners. Published by the European Foundation Centre (EFC) and the Network of European Foundations (NEF), Alliance is the best magazine for all those who want to keep up to date with developments and new thinkings in this field.
  
  

• Principles of Accountability for International Philanthropy. An aspirational tool for international donors. Available at http://www.efc.be/ftp/public/ic/EFC_COF/EFC_COF_Principles
  AccountabilityUKV.pdf.
  This booklet, developed by a joint working group of the European Foundation Centre and the Council on Foundations is intended to be a useful resource in terms of thinking about your accountability as an international funder. The paper includes "practice options" that are meant to suggest concrete ways in which the principles can be realised in your philanthropy.
  
  

  

Resources in German:  

 

• Ise Bosch: Besser Spenden! Ein Leitfaden für nachhaltiges Engagement. C.H. Beck Verlag, München 2007.
  
  
• Dirk Eilinghoff, Christian Meyn, Karsten Timmer: Ratgeber Stiften, Band 2: Strategieentwicklung – Förderprojekte – Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh 2004.
  
  
• Ina Epkenhaus, Volker Then: Ratgeber Stiften Band 3: Stiftungsorgane, Gremienentwicklung, Mitarbeiter. Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2. Auflage, Gütersloh 2007.
  
  
• Marita Haibach: Frauen Erben anders. Mutig mit Vermögen umgehen. Ulrike Helmer Verlag, Königstein 2001.
  
  
• Marita Haibach: Handbuch Fundraising. Spenden, Sponsoring, Stiftungen in der Praxis. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt, New York 2006
  
  
• Karl Hofstetter, Thomas Sprecher: Swiss Foundation Code. Empfehlungen zur Gründung und Führung von Förderstiftungen. Helbing und Lichtenhahn, Basel 2005.
  
  
• Petra Meyer, Christian Meyn, Karsten Timmer: Ratgeber Stiften, Band 1: Planen – Gründen - Recht und Steuern. Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2. Auflage, Gütersloh 2004.
  
  
• Götz Freiherr von Rotenhan: Überblick über die verschiedenen Stiftungsformen. In: Stiftungen in Theorie, Recht und Praxis - Handbuch für ein modernes Stiftungswesen, Hrsg.: Ruppert Graf Strachwitz, Florian Mercker, Berlin 2005.
  
  
• Martin Wiedemeier, Jörg Martin: Erb-Strategie Stiftung. Walhalla und Praetoria Verlag, Regensburg, Berlin 2000.
  
  
• Stifter. Menschen mit Visionen. Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh 2005.
  
  
• "Grundsätze Guter Stiftungspraxis" des Bundesverbandes deutscher Stiftungen. http://www.stiftungen.org/files/original/galerie_vom_
  09.12.2005_11.26.20/Grundsaetze_Stiftungspraxis.pdf
  
  

 

English Links:

 

• Ashoka www.ashoka.org.
  Ashoka is the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs - men and women with system changing solutions for the world's most urgent social problems. Since 1981, Ashoka has elected over 1.800 social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows, providing them with living stipends, professional support, and access to global network of peers in more than 60 countries.
  
  
• European Foundation Centre www.efc.be.
  The European Foundation Centre is an international association of foundations and corporate funders dedicated to creating an enabling legal and fiscal environment for foundations, documenting the foundation landscape, strengthening the infrastructure of the sector, and promoting collaboration, both among foundations and between foundations and other actors, to advance the public good in Europe and beyond.
  
  
• European Venture Philanthropy Association www.evpa.eu.com.
  EVPA is a UK registered charity and offers a way to develop a philanthropy network, learn from others and share experiences. It provides a forum for networking through access to the EVPA database and aims at raising the awareness of venture philanthropy issues and practices.
  
  
• Family Business Network International (FBN) www.fbn-i.org/.
  The FBN is the world's leading network of business owning families, promoting the success and sustainability of family business. It operates with 23 chapters worldwide. Each chapter organises and coordinates its own programmes and events for networking, education and training.
  
  
• New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) http://www.philanthropycapital.org/.
  The London-based organisation NPC aims at helping donors to understand how to make the greatest difference to people's lives.  The organisation provides independent research and tailored advice on the most effective ways to support charities.
  
  

  

German Links:

 

• Stiftungszentrum.de www.stiftungszentrum.de.
• Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen www.stiftungen.org.
• Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft www.stifterverband.de.