Philanthropy — Summer 2014

Briefly Noted

Charity rises in China. Disrupting the textbook market. Flight of the ospreys. A murky future for donor-advised funds.

Nonprofit Spotlight: Living Lands & Waters

An award-winning nonprofit leader is hauling junk out of our grimiest rivers.

By Andrea Scott

Interview with Terry and Mary Kohler

The donor couple discusses endangered birds, marriage, and more

Nature Philanthropy

Donated lands have become some of our most beautiful national treasures.

By Evan Sparks

Gas Heat

A small foundation uses focused academic, media, and activist grants to redirect a policy debate

By Jon Entine

Walk the Line

Donors convert old rail lines into popular recreation trails

By Kara Runsten

Land Law

A new court decision preserves a popular and important form of nature philanthropy

By Zachary Janowski

Sharing Health

Mutual aid lives on in the battle against medical bills

By Liz Essley Whyte