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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 and family donors, corporate giving executives, and foundation trustees and staff. (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.
 
 Philanthropic Freedom

   NEW! 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

  
  K-12 Education

   NEW! 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

  Helping People to Help Themselves

 
 
 Conservation
 

 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

 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
   
   Questions to Ask Before You Write the Check
  
Essays by Marvin Olasky; David Kuo; Jerry Martin and Anne Neal; Lynne Munson; Edward B. Kacic.
 
 National Security

 

  The Struggle Against Radical Islam: A Donor's Guide
   by Nadia Schadlow

*Shipping & Handling: $7.50 for each order of 1-5 to a single address. $14 for orders of 6-10. $20 for orders of 11-15. For orders of more than 15, please call. For express delivery, please add $30 per order for overnight service and $20 per order for 2-day service. Foreign orders additional. Make checks payable to The Philanthropy Roundtable.

   

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