# Charity Case: How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up For Itself and Really Change the World

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/charity-case-how-the-nonprofit-community-can-stand-up-for-itself-and-really-change-the-world-2/
- Published: 2012-10-05T18:53:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**A blueprint for a national leadership movement to transform the way the public
thinks about giving.**

Virtually everything our society has been taught about charity is backwards. We 
deny the social sector the ability to grow because of our short-sighted demand that
it send every short-term dollar into direct services. Yet if the sector cannot grow,
it can never match the scale of our great social problems. In the face of this dilemma,
the sector has remained silent, defenceless, and disorganised.

In _Charity Case_, Pallotta proposes a visionary solution: a **Charity Defence Council**
to re-educate the public and give charities the freedom they need to solve our most
pressing social issues.

* Proposes concrete steps for how a national Charity Defense Council will transform
the public understanding of the humanitarian sector, including: building an anti-
defamation league and legal defence for the sector, creating a massive national 
ongoing ad campaign to upgrade public literacy about giving, and ultimately enacting
a National Civil Rights Act for Charity and Social Enterprise *

From Dan Pallotta, renowned builder of social movements and inventor of the multi-
day charity event industry (including the AIDS Rides and Breast Cancer 3-Days) that
has cumulatively raised over $1.1 billion for critical social causes

The hotly-anticipated follow-up to Pallotta’s groundbreaking book [Uncharitable](https://fundraising.co.uk/books/uncharitable-how-restraints-on-nonprofits-undermine-their-potential/).

Grounded in Pallotta’s clear vision and deep social sector experience, _Charity 
Case_ is a fascinating wake-up call for fixing the culture that thwarts our charities
ability to change the world.

## Reviews

“Charity Case is an Apollo program for American philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.
Pallotta s understanding of the hamstrung nonprofit sector is poetic and therapeutic.
His prescription is sensible and profound. Charity Case will inspire its readers
with an expansive sense of possibility.”
**Robert F. Kennedy Jr.**

“If we had a prize for the most innovative thinking about charity and social change
it would go to Dan Pallotta. Charity Case is the blueprint for unleashing the awesome
power of this sector and enlightening the society that unknowingly holds it back.
Simply brilliant and in a class by itself.”
**Peter Diamandis**, chairman and CEO,
X PRIZE Foundation

“Dan Pallotta invites, tempts, and provokes every single one of us to think differently
about the humanitarian sector. He has a big vision and artfully makes a case for
creating a sector-wide movement capable of powerful actions and needle-moving change
that improve lives. In this rapidly changing and increasingly complex world, Dan
s voice is crisp, clear, and compelling.” 
**Diana Aviv**, president and CEO, Independent
Sector