The Business of Giving

PETER GRANT Senior Fellow in Philanthropy, Grantmaking and Social Investment at the Sir John Cass Business School, City University London, UK. Following first and postgraduate degrees at the University of Essex, UK, where he spent rather more of his time running the film society, he ran an arts cinema and worked for the British Film Institute before becoming Director of an inner city youth and sports charity for eight years. Peter joined Sport England at the inception of the UK National Lottery where he was respectively Deputy Director of Operations and then Head of Public Affairs and Development. From 1999 to 2005 he was Director of Operations of the largest grantmaker in Europe, the New Opportunities Fund (now the Big Lottery Fund). His other publications include titles on cricket, voluntary sector history and management and he has recently completed his PhD thesis on the voluntary sector during the First World War. He is the current Chair of the Voluntary Action History Society, a trustee of the DHL Foundation and President of Kennington Cricket Club in Kent, UK.

PART I: THE THEORY OF SOCIAL INVESTMENT Philanthropy, Grantmaking and Social Investment A Short History of Philanthropy Theories of Change and Logic Modelling Types and Styles of Social Investment PART II: SOCIAL INVESTMENT AS A BUSINESS PROCESS Can Philanthropy Learn from Business Methods? Three Key Business Processes 1: Risk Management Three Key Business Processes 2: Operations Management Three Key Business Processes 3: Performance Management PART III: MANAGING SOCIAL INVESTMENT From Logic Model to Investment Programme Designing the Programme Assessment and Selection Post-Decision Management