# The Business of Giving

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/the-business-of-giving/
- Published: 2018-01-17T14:10:31+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Business of Giving: The Theory and Practice of Philanthropy, Grantmaking and
Social Investment reviews current thinking and surveys the key techniques any philanthropist
or grantmaker should adopt. **

Published by Cass Business Press, it also outlines a generic social investment process
that can be utilised for all philanthropic or grantmaking programmes. Essential 
reading for all engaged in or with an interest in philanthropy or civil society 
in general.

## Reviews

“Peter Grant has given us a wonderful gift: a thought-provoking, comprehensive and
readable guide on philanthropy and social investment which distils some of the best
practices of this field, and which deserves to become an instant classic. I wish
I had had The Business of Giving to hand when I started out as a grant-maker.”
–**
Clare Brooks**, Director of Philanthropy at Community Foundation Network

“Peter’s analysis of the funding environment is one of the most comprehensive, and
thoughtful, I have ever seen. He brings the expertise of the practitioner together
with the thoughtfulness of an academic, to a subject that is too often unexamined.
In doing so he provides us all with insights and understanding about the delicate,
and vitally important, ecology of our funding environment.”
– **Julia Unwin CBE**,
Chief Executive, Joseph Rowntree Foundation

## ⏎ Author

**Peter Grant** is Senior Fellow in Philanthropy, Grantmaking and Social Investment
at the Sir John Cass Business School, City University London, UK.

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