by Christopher Levenick
From Philanthropy magazine, Spring 2012
“If any millionaire is at a loss to know how to accomplish great and indisputable good with his surplus,” wrote Andrew Carnegie in 1889, then higher education “is a field which can never be...
by Christopher Levenick
From Philanthropy magazine, Spring 2012
Jeff Sandefer is on a mission to reinvent the MBA. A decade ago, he co-founded the Acton School of Business, which offers a crash-course MBA in entrepreneurship. After its first year, the Princeton Review ranked Acton as one of the nation’s top three business schools in terms of student quality, teacher quality, and overall experience. Ten years later, Sandefer is thinking about the next revolution: how to take the Acton experience and deliver it online.
by Christopher Levenick
From Philanthropy magazine, Spring 2012
Socrates taught in the marketplace. Shakespeare wrote for massed crowds. Abraham Lincoln had three months of formal education. So did Thomas Edison. Many of history’s greatest teachers saw...
by Christopher Levenick
From Philanthropy magazine, Winter 2012
An overview of the Winter 2012 issue on international giving
by Christopher Levenick
From Philanthropy magazine, Winter 2012
Dale Dawson is helping rebuild Rwanda, one small loan at a time. It all started a decade ago when a Rwandan Anglican bishop challenged Dawson: “You’re a businessman. You’ve built businesses. Why don’t you build businesses in Rwanda?” Since then, Dawson has dedicated his life to helping impoverished Rwandans save money and pursue entrepreneurship.
by Christopher Levenick
From Philanthropy magazine, Summer 2010
Philanthropy pays tribute to the late Robert H. Smith, a visionary known for building Crystal City—just a stone’s throw from the nation’s capital. But as a philanthropist, Smith gave his world-class collection of Italian Renaissance bronzes to the National Gallery of Art, built up the business school at the University of Maryland, and—perhaps most importantly—preserved some of our country’s most significant historic properties.
by Christopher Levenick
From Philanthropy magazine, Winter 2010
'Philanthropy' reflects on the life and charity of the late Don Fisher, founder of the Gap and one of America’s most innovative and influential K-12 education donors.
by Christopher Levenick
From Philanthropy magazine, Winter 2011
Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and their contemporaries are among the greatest and most misunderstood philanthropists of modern times. Far from being robber barons, they inaugurated a golden age of American philanthropy at the turn of the 20th century. The achievements of these great business leaders are often unfairly maligned. It is time to set the record straight.
by Christopher Levenick
From Philanthropy magazine, Spring 2010
No, it’s not the setup to a joke. Donors of many faiths (and none at all) are stepping up to support America’s inner-city Catholic schools. Why? Because they see these schools as a vital national resource. For these non-Catholic “patron saints” of Catholic schools, it’s all about giving at-risk children a chance to achieve.
by Christopher Levenick
From Philanthropy magazine, Spring 2011
Learn how Henry Rowan and Gerry Lenfest secured the foundation of the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, a tuition-free trade school for under-privileged young men. Williamson has been teaching craftsmanship and character for over a century, and thanks to Rowan and Lenfest, it has been able to continue its mission, even in the aftermath of a devastating recession.
by Christopher Levenick
From Philanthropy magazine, Spring 2011
The Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, a tuition-free trade school for under-privileged young men, has been teaching craftsmanship and character for over a century.
by Christopher Levenick
From Philanthropy magazine, September / October 2007
{image_1}On any given day, Frank Hanna will take a lot of phone calls. Most of the calls pertain to business; some, of course, are personal. And then, occasionally, there are times when the...
by Christopher Levenick
From Philanthropy magazine, May / June 2007
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good by William Easterly Penguin Press, 2007 436 pp., $16.00 (paperback) Virtually...
by Christopher Levenick
From Philanthropy magazine, Summer 2011
Don’t be alarmed if you find yourself amidst an impromptu performance from La Traviata on your next trip to the shopping mall. You may have just experienced a Random Act of Culture, brought to you by the Knight Foundation. Across the country, unassuming venues are playing host to these special pop-up performances as the Knight Foundation brings artists out of concert halls and into people’s daily lives.