Understanding philanthropy : its meaning and mission / Robert L. Payton and Michael P. Moody.

Preface and acknowledgments
Introduction: why this book?
Voluntary action for the public good
Because things go wrong: philanthropy as a response to the human problematic
The world can be made better: philanthropy as moral action
The social history of the moral imagination
Philanthropy, democracy, and the future
Notes
Suggestions for further reading
Index.