"You always saw the world as your workplace." In 2009, this was how Reinhard Mohn--the man who turned Bertelsmann AG from an unremarkable, postwar German business into a successful, international media conglomerate--described the professional dedication of his wife, Liz Mohn. Bo…
A fifth-generation member of the Bertelsmann and Mohn families details how her husband, Reinhard Mohn, transformed Bertelsmann AG into a successful media conglomerate and how she became a Bertelsmann Stiftung vice chair and active philanthropist.
The promise of strategic philanthropy -- Problem analysis -- Developing solutions -- From theory to action -- Evaluating the impact of your philanthropy -- Using outcome data to increase your impact -- Preparing to open for business -- Inviting proposals and conducting due dilig…
This award-winning book draws on examples from hundreds of foundations and non-profits to explain how to create and carry out strategies that deliver meaningful results. In this new edition, Paul Brest and Hal Harvey articulate the components of a "smart strategy" to guide the s…
"Private foundations have been the dynamo of social change since their invention at the beginning of the last century. Yet the civic sector is in danger of losing its capacity to do good work. The internal workings of most foundations remain cloaked in secrecy, leaving them subs…