How To Save The World

This book is for anyone who gets asked at least ten times a week to give money to a charitable organization-anything from your college or place of worship to your community's food shelf or animal shelter, or any of the national or international nonprofit organizations working to keep the world from falling apart and others working to create solutions that might hold the world together. Your charitable giving budget goes only so far, and you've probably wondered how to choose among all these options. This book gives you guidelines and tips on how to consider a nonprofit's strengths and weaknesses and helps you prioritize requests so you can separate the wheat from the chaff. It gives an inside look at how nonprofits work, their missions and intended beneficiaries, and their challenge to "make progress on their mission"-the bottom line of any nonprofit organization. Above all, it helps you choose a set of donations or investments that stand up to your own scrutiny so you can feel your choices are meaningful and consistent with your values.

About the Author :
Steven E. Mayer has almost fifty years of experience working with a gamut of community, public and philanthropic organizations-grassroots groups, donors, foundations, nonprofits, associations, networks and systems-intending to help them achieve greater effectiveness consistent with their mission. With a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology, the author and educator has evaluated programs for large and small foundations and nonprofits throughout the United States and beyond, taught at major universities, and recently turned to supporting individuals learning to delve into impactful community development and social justice.

Review :
I wish I had this during my twenty-five-year tenure as a Financial Advisor. It would have been valuable in educating my clients about evaluating and prioritizing their charitable giving. I hope other Financial Advisors take a look at this publication. -Sara Mushlitz, Wells Fargo, Senior Financial Advisor, retired How To Save The World spotlights how to help the millions of desperate people in the world. Two decades ago, I co-authored a book with the subtitle How the World Is Changed. The world is changed in part by people directing their resources where those in need can be helped. This book tells you how to do that strategically, effectively, and personally. If everyone followed the guidance here, the lives of millions could be improved. -Michael Quinn Patton, Founder and Director, Utilization-Focused Evaluation With easy humor and heartfelt insight, Steve has written a thoughtful book that has inspired me to think more broadly and deeply about the organizations I choose to support. He brings broad knowledge and deep experience to the exploration of the effective non-profit organization. A great resource! -Tamra Nelson, Neighbor It's high time that the public is given an understanding of how peoples' own lives can help change the world and tools to engage and support nonprofits whose missions fit with their own interests and values. -Emil W. Angelica, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, retired; Community Consulting Group, Consultant Finally, a recipe with realistic ingredients that will help non-profits such as mine acquire "for real" guidance. Based upon years of experience and understanding of philanthropic culture, Steven Mayer has unselfishly made it plain and simple for us to follow. Onward! -Rose McGee, President and Founder of Sweet Potato Comfort Pie: a catalyst for caring and building community Every CPA should read this if they want to be of more help to their charitably inclined clients. -Barry Rubin, retired CPA Congratulations for distilling the wisdom you've gained from a life of activism with a study of practices and strategies that make for effective nonprofits. You've created a compact, crisply written guidebook with tools and tips we donors can use-and nonprofits can look to as well-and reminded us of the values of honesty, trust, empathy, humility, respect, and dignity we must cultivate in our collective efforts to make the world a better place. -Ron Kroese, Cofounder Land Stewardship Project, Program Officer; McKnight Foundation Environment Program, retired