Philanthropy — May / June 2007

Letters to the Editor

Helping People to Help Themselves

By Adam Meyerson

Lassoing Montana Meth

Tom Siebel blitzes his adopted state with an intensive anti-meth campaign—and yields extraordinary results.

By Laura Hill

Easing Our Burden

What the world’s poor need are fewer Planners and more Searchers.

By Christopher Levenick

Staffing Up

Who’s moving up and who’s moving on in philanthropy

Briefly Noted

Philanthropy makes the news

Orri Vigfússon

Saving the King of Fish

Joyce Foundation

Supporting programs that are improving quality of life in the Midwest

By Jady Hsin

Social Science, Social Reform, and Philanthropy

Alice O’Connor offers up a revisionist history of liberal foundations.

By Joel Schwartz

Democrats for Education Reform

A new grassroots lobbying group plans to shake up its party’s positions on education.

By Justin Torres