CHARITY CASE: HOW THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY CAN STAND UP FOR ITSELF AND REALLY CHANGE THE WORLD PDF, EPUB, EBOOK

Dan Pallotta | 256 pages | 02 Oct 2012 | John Wiley & Sons Inc | 9781118117521 | English | New York, United States We want charities to be run, "like a business" but we don't allow them the tools to do that which we ask. We don't want them to spend money on overhead so we force charities to eliminate appropriate adv Our society has bent to the belief that charitable organizations can be fairly evaluated by the percentage of donations that end up in the hands of the intended recipients. We don't want them to spend money on overhead so we force charities to eliminate appropriate advertising and fundraising activities typical overhead expenses that will grow the organizations and allow them to serve a greater population. Overhead is equated with waste and nothing could be further from the truth. Charity Case suggests that typical overhead expenses are necessary to run an organization well. In charitable organizations spending needs to be accepted and done to educate the public about what they do and how they do it, hire qualified people to manage growth and broad efforts, raise additional funds through various means, those breast cancer walk-a- thons don't happen by themselves and expand so that a greater number of people can be served. It opened my eyes not only to the problem, but to solutions. May 17, Elizabeth marked it as to-read Shelves: npr , social-justice , economics. This book is in some ways part two of Uncharitable, which I read last month. Uncharitable is all about the problem: limitations on nonprofits imposed by themselves and society at large. Uncharitable is a largely negative work in the sense that it focuses on describing, exploring, and explaining a problem. Charity Case, on the other hand, is a positive work. Given the already established problem, Pallotta here explores what we can do about. He covers several different topics including legislative action, use of advertising, organization of resources, etc. Charity Case is a bit farther removed from my immediate experience as a CTEP because many of the changes he yearns for operate on a higher level than the plain experiencing of them, but still it's important to read both because together they make a stronger statement regarding the operation of nonprofits. One subject I've found myself particularly interested in is that of advertising. In Charity Case, Pallotta examines successful cases of advertising in the corporate world and questions how these ideas might be applied to our sector. He brings up, for example, the Got Milk campaign that completely turned milk sales around and gained larger success than anyone ever imagined. It was a special combination of creativity, resources, and more that led to this great success, but nonprofits often don't have access to such opportunity or otherwise don't prioritize it. Recently, I overheard a participant wrongly name Waite House as a different employment center over the phone. Waite House does a wonderful job of providing services, but we don't always do a good job of commanding attention for that work. I've come to adopt working to resolve this as goal of mine over the next year through some basic advertising work. I don't except to create a campaign making us wildly famous, but at the same time I don't want more participants to make the same slip up, and so I have already begun efforts to solidify just who we are to outsiders, designing documents, signs, and displays with our logo and colors displayed prominently. I definitely recommend reading this work just as much as Uncharitable. I know that many CTEPs intend to stay in the field for a long while, and its in the interest of all of us who want to do so to inform ourselves about what that means. That means not only understanding the limitations we may face for that choice, but also the approaches to working on those limitations. CTEPs work on both direct service and capacity building because you can't build capacity without someone to execute it, but neither can you work on the front lines without support. Support doesn't simply mean making new classes, new curricula, and new tools for direct service, however. It also means exploring new and better ways of doing things and approaching problems. It means building capacity for the capacity builders so to speak, and that's something that all of us who intend on sticking around should be thinking about. Oct 09, Amy rated it it was amazing Shelves: soc-psych-ethics-and-medicine. As someone who works in the social profit sector and constantly hears comparisons to the regular business sector a la 'Why don't you do it this way? Pallotta does a basic overview of the problems of the social profit sector, dissects these problems, supports his statements with facts and research, and proposes solutions to those problems based on strat As someone who works in the social profit sector and constantly hears comparisons to the regular business sector a la 'Why don't you do it this way? I have already recommended it to several coworkers and have forwarded them information about the Charity Defense Council, a social profit that Pallotta founded both in response to and as an example of the statements and suggestions in his book. Charity Case should be required reading for anyone working in the social profit sector, anyone who wants to work in the social profit sector, and anyone interested in donating to social profit organizations. I can only hope that the sector-wide behavioral interventions proposed do actually become widespread and well-supported, because we - every single charity and every single person who has ever depended on a charity for information or assistance - need them. Nov 23, Babs Bradhurst rated it liked it. I'm not familiar with Pallotta's other work, so I read this book as a stand-alone piece. I was really excited about it, and pretty let down in the end. The author makes some great points about the problems facing the humanitarian sector. But I don't agree with his solution. He suggests one national organization with several arms to combat multiple facets of problems. I disagree with this approach. Very large organizations attempting to represent a very large swath of people can never represent th I'm not familiar with Pallotta's other work, so I read this book as a stand-alone piece. Very large organizations attempting to represent a very large swath of people can never represent them entirely. There are large national organizations that should be representing my particular interests, but they don't and I don't contribute to them because they too often miss the mark. This reads like a "please donate to my cause" book rather than a solutions book. Even in his chapter on "what you can do" every solution offered centered around getting involved with his organization. I gave this book the third star because there were some good ideas in the book, but surprisingly most of them came from OTHER people, which he presents in Chapter 5. Jul 12, Dan rated it really liked it. Years ago, I read Dan Pallotta's book, Uncharitable. If you want to understand what's holding back the nonprofit sector, read that book. Charity Case is the follow-up. Pallotta makes an impassioned and logical argument for how to make strong improvements in the nonprofit sector that makes understanding the issues accessible to those outside the sector. To some, his arguments may seem controversial. But he quickly disarms many well intentioned but misguided notions. Especially related to politicians and policy. If you are an aspiring nonprofit professional social sector, etc , I encourage reading Pallotta's books. They will help you understand certain systemic challenges and how to move the sector forward. Sep 25, Sachpak marked it as to-read. Learn more about how subscribers apply this time-saving tool to their professional advancement or download a free sample. Enter your email or user name and your log-in information will be sent to the email on file. Subscriber Login. Subscribe Blog. Description Discover what Pallotta claims are the five discriminatory practices our society tolerates and what we face as a humanitarian sector. Learn what 17 actions you can take to support this proposed national movement. Reviews There are no reviews yet. Pallotta persuasively argues that cost-benefit analysis must be used when analyzing executive salaries within the nonprofit sector. A first-year business school student would be kicked out of class for such egregious non- analysis. Similarly, in the case of overhead, Pallotta argues that there is a tendency to define a charity's "cause" too narrowly. As he puts it: "[I]f hunger, then soup — but not the spoon, the bowl, the stove, the fundraiser that got the money for the stove, or the postage on the thank-you note sent to the donor who donated the money for the stove. Just the soup molecules themselves. As for the whopping 90 percent of your donated dollar claimed by many fundraising firms, Pallotta argues that for little-known causes with few resources, telemarketing may be the only realistic way of generating any revenue at all. Which begs the question: Should the general public be informed or shielded from this kind of information? Here Pallotta seems to be of two minds. On the one hand, he embraces the concept of transparency, arguing that if the public were better educated about the economics of charity work, it would be less offended by competitive salaries and high overhead. On the other hand, too much information can create a false image of greed or waste that can drastically stem the flow of donations to a charity or limit them to specific projects or activities. Indeed, Pallotta argues, unfair media coverage of these kinds of fundraising practices as "extravagant" and "wasteful" has caused charities in general to be held in low esteem by the American public. Pallotta's solution to this conundrum? The establishment of an anti-defamation organization for the nonprofit sector that works to rebut these charges through promotional efforts similar to the "Got Milk? In addition to defending the sector's "rights," the latter would serve as a repository of information for its use, including a "comprehensive national charity database that includes every operating tax-exempt organization in the country and is accessible to everyone and easy to use. Actually, though, what Pallotta is presenting here is not so much a proposal as a fait accompli. The organization he describes already exists in nascent form, named and incorporated by Pallotta himself. As a result, Charity Case reads more like an advertisement for his own Charity Defense Council than a disinterested defense of the social sector.

As for the whopping 90 percent of your donated dollar claimed by many fundraising firms, Pallotta argues that for little-known causes with few resources, telemarketing may be the only realistic way of generating any revenue at all. Which begs the question: Should the general public be informed or shielded from this kind of information? Here Pallotta seems to be of two minds. On the one hand, he embraces the concept of transparency, arguing that if the public were better educated about the economics of charity work, it would be less offended by competitive salaries and high overhead. On the other hand, too much information can create a false image of greed or waste that can drastically stem the flow of donations to a charity or limit them to specific projects or activities. Indeed, Pallotta argues, unfair media coverage of these kinds of fundraising practices as "extravagant" and "wasteful" has caused charities in general to be held in low esteem by the American public. Pallotta's solution to this conundrum? The establishment of an anti-defamation organization for the nonprofit sector that works to rebut these charges through promotional efforts similar to the "Got Milk? In addition to defending the sector's "rights," the latter would serve as a repository of information for its use, including a "comprehensive national charity database that includes every operating tax-exempt organization in the country and is accessible to everyone and easy to use. Actually, though, what Pallotta is presenting here is not so much a proposal as a fait accompli. The organization he describes already exists in nascent form, named and incorporated by Pallotta himself. As a result, Charity Case reads more like an advertisement for his own Charity Defense Council than a disinterested defense of the social sector. And that, ultimately, is the book's greatest weakness. By so heavily promoting his new organization to the point of soliciting donations, recruiting volunteers to perform daily tasks, and hawking merchandise such as t-shirts, flags, and bumper stickers , Pallotta dilutes the persuasiveness of his case. What's more, that case, when all is said and done, isn't that persuasive. Speaking for myself, I simply don't want to give ten dollars to any charity where almost every dollar goes to fundraising infrastructure or executive salaries, no matter how worthy the cause or how rational the economic justification. We all draw different lines in the sand, and while we may not be able to articulate the difference between acceptable and excessive overhead, most of us, as Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart famously said about pornography, know it when we see it. Meehan, Bill. Calabrese, Thad D. Pallotta, Dan. Tufts University Press, I'm about to shock you. But here's the second shock: according to Pallotta, there's nothing wrong with that. But is a mashup of capitalism and do-gooding really possible? Shock me once, shame on you Additional Product Features Dewey Edition. Got Milk?? Charity Case is an Apollo program for Americanphilanthropy and the nonprofit sector. His prescription is sensible and profound. CharityCase will inspire its readers with an expansive sense ofpossibility.? Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Every once in a while a book states the obvious insuch a compelling way that it rises to the level of genius. Charity Case is that exciting. It dares the whole of thecharitable industry to raise its voice to the level of the musicbusiness and other consumer giants. In its insistence that theindustry reject the role of second-class citizen, it has thepotential to make charity sexy, and that? If we had a prize for the most innovative thinking aboutcharity and social change it would go to Dan Pallotta. CharityCase is the blueprint for unleashing the awesome power of thissector and enlightening the society that unknowingly holds it back. Simply brilliant and in a class by itself.? Dan Pallotta invites, tempts, and provokes every singleone of us to think differently about the humanitarian sector. In this rapidly changingand increasingly complex world, Dan? Dan Pallotta is a big thinker? Seth Godin, author, Tribes? The nonprofit world needs innovation, and Dan Pallotta ishelping us see how new ideas can help make our world moresuccessful. In these tough times, we need his out-of- the-boxideas!? Charity Case is visionary in its empathy. Itsympathizes with the donating public? At thatintersection lies the promise of a new era of enlightenment aboutcharity and social change.? Charity Case takes innovative thinking about thesocial sector to an entirely new level. Dan Pallotta raises theradical prospect that we can change cultural conventions aboutcharity, making a cause of causes themselves. A powerful call toaction.? It doesn? And he makes it impossible for the restof us to stand back. Charity Case is a wakeup call for everyfundraiser around the world. We are the public champions ofphilanthropy? Show More Show Less. Any Condition Any Condition. See all 9 - All listings for this product. It's an ends-justifies-the-means approach that many will find at odds with the spirit of the social — or, as Pallotta calls it, humanitarian — sector, and it's one Pallotta embraces unapologetically in his book. Not surprisingly, Pallotta has had personal experience with these issues. As a younger man, he was an admirer of Werner Erhard, whose Hunger Project was criticized for being self-promotion disguised as philanthropy. Then, in , he founded Pallotta TeamWorks , a for-profit organizer of fundraisers for breast cancer and AIDS charities that eventually closed its doors after a dispute with the Avon Products Foundation. He has since founded Advertising for Humanity , which offers business strategy and branding services to nonprofits, and writes a blog for the Harvard Business Review that, like his earlier book, Uncharitable , champions the view that the tactics and methods of capitalism are not incompatible with social sector work; in fact, adopting them is best thing that could happen to it. Take the case of executive compensation. Pallotta persuasively argues that cost-benefit analysis must be used when analyzing executive salaries within the nonprofit sector. A first-year business school student would be kicked out of class for such egregious non-analysis. Similarly, in the case of overhead, Pallotta argues that there is a tendency to define a charity's "cause" too narrowly. As he puts it: "[I]f hunger, then soup — but not the spoon, the bowl, the stove, the fundraiser that got the money for the stove, or the postage on the thank-you note sent to the donor who donated the money for the stove. Just the soup molecules themselves. As for the whopping 90 percent of your donated dollar claimed by many fundraising firms, Pallotta argues that for little-known causes with few resources, telemarketing may be the only realistic way of generating any revenue at all. Which begs the question: Should the general public be informed or shielded from this kind of information? Here Pallotta seems to be of two minds. On the one hand, he embraces the concept of transparency, arguing that if the public were better educated about the economics of charity work, it would be less offended by competitive salaries and high overhead. On the other hand, too much information can create a false image of greed or waste that can drastically stem the flow of donations to a charity or limit them to specific projects or activities. Indeed, Pallotta argues, unfair media coverage of these kinds of fundraising practices as "extravagant" and "wasteful" has caused charities in general to be held in low esteem by the American public. Search for:. Receive our new posts via email. Recent posts. Please provide your log-in information below. User name: Password:. Forget your password? User name:. We deny the social sector the ability to grow because of our short-sighted demand that it send every short-term dollar into direct services. Yet if the sector cannot grow, it can never match the scale of our great social problems. In the face of this dilemma, the sector has remained silent, defenseless, and disorganized. In Charity Case, Pallotta proposes a visionary solution: a Charity Defense Council to re-educate the public and give charities the freedom they need to solve our most pressing social issues.

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