There's a new book that I think is particularly timely. It's called Control. Why Big Giving Fall Short?

Author Glenn Gallich offers a rare insider view exposing why billionaires and millionaire donors move so slowly while communities battle urgent crises.

In Control, why Big Giving falls short. Gallich reveals how our philanthropic system and culture encourage excessive donor control and keep over $2 trillion from reaching communities. By prioritizing wealthy donor interests, power and control,

the system doesn't simply slow social progress. It structurally prevents it. This is a really

interesting deep dive into the world of big philanthropy, which I think we think it's a sort of

unadulterated good, but actually these billionaire donors, they have their

own motives, they have their own reasons for doing things, they can distort the way philanthropic

giving works, they can distort public policy, they can control the capital allocation and decision

making. So it's really interesting and worth better understanding how this kind of extreme

wealth helps shape our society and then also how we can

fix it. It's a great book to read. Order your copy of Control Why Big Giving Fall Short by

Glenn Gallage from your favorite indie bookstore. That's Control Why Big Giving Fall Short

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