Cover -- The Nonprofit Challenge -- Contents -- Introduction -- Section I The Shifting Perceptions of Allies and Regulators -- Chapter One The Public's View -- Chapter Two Regulating and Scrutinizing Charities -- Section II How the Quest for Money Affects Nonprofits -- Chapter Three Philanthropy is Big-But Does It Have a Purpose? -- Chapter Four The Perils of Profit-Making in the Nonprofit World -- Section III Perceptions and Money: Their Fragile Compact with Good Deeds -- Chapter Five Do Some Charities Want Too Much? -- Chapter Six How Long Does the Dead Hand Live? -- Chapter Seven Why Good Governance Matters -- Section IV The Ethical Sector -- Chapter Eight The Four Pillars: The Backbone of Ethics at Nonprofits -- Chapter Nine Inside a Good Charity -- Chapter Ten The Voluntary Sector as the Ethical Sector -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.

This book describes the challenges facing charities, explains how they must reassess their commitment, and pushes charities to be their best. It also examines how two sectors of society - business and government - would benefit from a similar corrective journey.