Robin Hood Was Right: A Guide to Giving Your Money for Social Change

by Chuck Collins, Pam Rogers, Joan P. Garner

Collins, Pam Rogers, and Joan P. Garner, all longtime activists and directors of social change organizations, show that traditional charity most often reinforces the status quo and maintains the dynamics of dependency and control. They maintain that the progressive ethic of giving, on the other hand, offers ingenious ways to attack the root causes of social problems. Step-by-step explanations of how to be a deliberate and progressive giver address topics such as learning how to assess what one can give, investing proactively, making a socially beneficial will, understanding tax-wise giving, when and how to find help and guidance, and making an actual funding plan. The book contains many anecdotes and cartoons. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Genres: Nonfiction

286 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2000

About the author

Chuck is the director of the Program on Inequality at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he co-edits Inequality.org. He oversees a number of programs focused on wealth inequality, the racial wealth divide, and philanthropy reform.

Reviews

[Joanne Giannino]

Life changing.

[Silvia · Rating 5 out of 5]

A thorough, helpful, and encouraging guide to how charitable and social giving can do more. Definitely written with progressive goals in mind, but great advice for anyone looking to make meaningful gifts to organizations and causes that matter to them.

I'm using it to help me rework my giving goals for the coming year, and will probably return to it after several years to refresh.

[Kevin Demel · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this book hoping to find ways to donate money to create change. They had a large list of organizations but seemed to focus on more liberal values. Also, besides recommending donate for long term change vs. short term charity there wasn't much of value in the book.

[Mckinley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bit about why, not in any preaching way, more about giving as a personal choice with added satisfaction. Much about about how to. Valuable.