Highprofile philanthropistsBill Gates and Warren Buffett Angelina Jolie andBill Clinton with his Global Initiativeimpress and fascinate us. But heresa surprisin... » 

Highprofile philanthropistsBill Gates and Warren Buffett Angelina Jolie andBill Clinton with his Global Initiativeimpress and fascinate us. But heresa surprising stirring secret the most significant charitable donor in theworld by far is the American of modest means. In 2007 donations fromindividuals amounted to 229 billion most of it coming in small donations fromeveryday citizens that is 114 times the amount the Gates Foundation gave awaythat year. When a Little Means a Lot contains stories of remarkable nonprofitsand the inspiring ways they use our affordable contributions to make a majorimpact a 28 cent delivery kit that saves mothers and babies a bed net for 10that prevents malarial infections a llama for 20 that generates income for anentire family. Giving toward such inexpensive simple thingsa filter a bikea pump a pignot only solves one persons crisis but can cause a rippleeffect that lifts a whole family a town a region and astonishingly even anation or continent out of poverty. In When a Little Means a Lot Wendy Smithshows quite seriously and clearly how easily we can dip into our pockets andwith just a few dollars get that ripple started. «