The Philanthropy Roundtable has produced a series of guidebooks on topics of interest within the philanthropic community. Intended to help donors achieve philanthropic excellence, our guidebooks are in-depth examinations of the principled and practical aspects of intelligent charitable giving.
Hard copies of our guidebooks are available, free of charge, to qualified individual donors, foundation trustees and staff, and corporate giving executives. (Shipping and handling fees apply.) If you would like us to send hard copies of a guidebook to your friends and colleagues in the philanthropic community, please contact us at 202.822.8333 or at main@PhilanthropyRoundtable.org
All others are invited to download the free pdf version, or to call or email us to order hard copies at a price of $30 per guidebook.
K-12 Education
NEW! Saving America's Urban Catholic Schools: A Guide for Donors
by Stephanie Saroki and Christopher Levenick
Investing in Charter Schools: A Guide for Donors
by Public Impact
Achieving Teacher and Principal Excellence: A Guidebook for Donors
by Andrew J. Rotherham
Jump-starting the Charter School Movement: A Donor's Guide
by Public Impact
A Donor's Guide to School Choice
by Brian C. Anderson
Philanthropic Freedom
How Public Is Private Philanthropy? Separating Reality from Myth
by Evelyn Brody and John Tyler
American Philanthropic Diversity: What it Means, Why it Matters
by Naomi Schaefer Riley
Helping People to Help Themselves
A Stimulus That Works: Philanthropic Strategies for Boosting Entrepreneurship
by Nick Schulz
Reviving Marriage in America: Strategies for Donors
by William J. Doherty
Helping People to Help Themselves: A Guide for Donors
by Michael E. Hartmann
Conservation
Soaring High: New Strategies for Environmental Giving
by Thomas J. Bray
National Security
The Struggle Against Radical Islam: A Donor's Guide
by Nadia Schadlow
Foundation Management
Evaluating for Success
by Peter Frumkin, Bill Niederloh, Paul E. Peterson, and Robert Peterson
Starting a Private Foundation
by Paul K. Rhoads and Stephanie Denby
Managing a Private Foundation
by Paul K. Rhoads
introduction by Marvin Olasky
Debates in Philanthropy
Death, Taxes and the Independent Sector
by Alan Reynolds
Donor Intent
by Robert H. Bork and Waldemar Nielsen
Should Foundations Exist in Perpetuity?
by Heather R. Higgins and Michael S. Joyce
The Market Foundations of Philanthropy
by Richard B. McKenzie
History of American Philanthropy
Strategic Investment In Ideas: How Two Foundations Reshaped America
by John J. Miller
The Foundation Builders: Brief Biographies of Twelve Great Philanthropists
by Martin Morse Wooster
