Publishing information:
Bill Somerville with Fred Setterberg
Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, Feb 2008. 144pp. Hard & paperback. ISBN 978-1597140843. $15
Based on more three decades of experience as a foundation official, this book encourages grant-makers to leave their desks and go into the community to find people, instead of projects, to back. Through anecdotes, analysis, and personal stories, Somerville shows how a new generation of committed givers can make grants within 48 hours through ‘paperless giving’, collaborate with outstanding people in poor communities who are usually overlooked by foundations, and move past the fear of failure to productively embrace controversy and challenge the status quo. The author is a nationally recognised expert on creative grant-making. He has consulted with over 350 community foundations in the United States, Canada, and the UK, helping them get the important work of our society done quickly and well.
