{"product_id":"love-giving-well-paperback","title":"Love Giving Well: The Pilgrimage of Philanthropy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Petersen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLorna Dueck\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Petersen has learned philanthropy in the process of leading a private grantmaking foundation. It has been a pilgrimage with mountaintops and valleys, high-impact grants and dead-end disasters. He parallels a personal account of a physical pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago alongside his philanthropic journey to create a sense of momentum and intentional movement toward a shared destination. Each of the thirty-five chapters leads with a short journal entry from the author's month-long pilgrimage along the Camino del Norte and Camino Primitivo in Spain. Mark uses compelling stories to vulnerably shares fifteen years' worth of failures as well as successes in his journey of philanthropy. Along this journey he developed practical steps for reviewing grant applications and achieving goals for philanthropy. He advances the values of transparency, mutuality, and collaborating with others to achieve common goals. The vision of philanthropy espoused not only includes charitable impact but suggests the giver can be transformed in the process. The book offers a window into how people of faith struggle with giving, humanizes the mystique of a philanthropist, and provides grantmakers with tangible tools in their efforts to be both shrewd and faithful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Petersen (BA, MDiv) is the CEO of Stronger Philanthropy, a Toronto firm created to serve major donors with administrative services and as a granting hub for high-impact charitable projects. He is the second generation of a leading Canadian faith-based foundation, which over fifteen years resulted in 2,500 grants totaling $38 million. Mark also hosts the \u003ci\u003eStronger Philanthropy Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e in which he interviews grantmakers and grantseekers about giving well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42115425337479,"sku":"9781532601866","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b5899bffca25482f93d3ea08274d965c.webp?v=1732509108","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/love-giving-well-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}