# The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/the-givers-wealth-power-and-philanthropy-in-a-new-gilded-age/
- Published: 2017-01-25T14:03:39+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**An inside look at the secretive world of elite philanthropists, and how they’re
quietly wielding ever more power to shape American life in ways both good and bad.**

While media attention focuses on famous philanthropists such as Bill Gates and Charles
Koch, thousands of donors are at work below the radar promoting a wide range of 
causes.

David Callahan charts the rise of these new power players and the ways they are 
converting the fortunes of a second ‘Gilded Age’ into influence. He shows how this
elite works behind the scenes on education, the environment, science, LGBT rights,
and many other issues – with deep impact on government policy.

Above all, he shows that the influence of the Givers is only just beginning, as 
new waves of billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg turn to philanthropy.

Based on extensive research and interviews with countless donors and policy experts,
this is not a brief for or against the Givers, but a fascinating investigation of
a power shift in American society that has implications for us all.

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The Givers

## About David Callahan

David Callahan is founder and editor of Inside Philanthropy, published since 2014,
which covers the world of giving by wealthy donors and foundations.

He co-founded Demos, the national think tank, where he held various leadership positions
and conducted research on a wide range of issues related to economic and political
inequality, as well as writing on moral values, professional ethics and business.

## Reviews

“David Callahan has performed a public service by assembling a striking body of 
information on a fundamental aspect of 21st-century America.”
**Robert G. Kaiser**_,
The Washington Post_

“Callahan offers a peek inside a rarefied, poorly understood world with ever greater
power to remake the broader world.”
**Michelle Cottle**, _The New York Times Book
Review_

“A convincing argument… Callahan is intimately familiar with today’s living donors
and how they are spending their money, and his book is replete with examples of 
philanthropists that are upending the democratic process.”
**Alana Semuels**, _The
Atlantic_

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