Making Miracles in Memphis
…pop up: gather concerned citizens, search for capable leaders, and offer lead gifts to make their community exemplary. A retail revolution Pitt Hyde is Memphis-born. His grandfather started the family…
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Imperial Might vs. Widow s Mite
…come before the rich not in search of alms but of justice. The poor of Israel were lowly in condition, not spirit. They were part of God’s chosen people. They…
Philanthropy Roundtable Launches Search for its Next President and CEO
…its search for the organization’s next leader after President and CEO Elise Westhoff announced she will step down at the end of May 2023. “Philanthropy Roundtable is thriving and remains…
Back to Bill
…River. He did some research and found that several towns in the eastern United States had resolved the same issue by transmitting TV signals to homes through cable. Daniels wasn’t…
Stopping the Slaughter
…Davis adds. “Just Lines on a Map” Montgomery is intrigued by research on happiness. Once you hit $50,000 in annual income, he points out, increases in income no longer correspond…
New U.
…philanthropic initiative, today’s new colleges may well become tomorrow’s household names. Evan Sparks is managing editor of Philanthropy. Tech Support With $2 billion remaining for his foundation to disburse by…
Winter 2017 – Blue-Collar Banking
…name even though some people think it’s an anachronism,” says Savarese. “To us—it’s a reminder.” Evan Sparks is editor-in-chief of the ABA Banking Journal and a Philanthropy contributing editor….
The Team Builder
…the cancer research centers he funds. He has provided $30 million for cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, $20 million for a cancer center at Johns Hopkins, $25 million to M….
Philanthropy on the Green
…of park that did not exist in Houston,” Nancy explains. “We knew early on that a public-private partnership was crucial, and research introduced us to similar success stories in other…
Damaging Solutions in Search of a Problem
…support. Callahan finds it nefarious that a wealthy donor to a research group like AEI might benefit from its advocacy of policies like lower taxes for capital gains than for…
Winter 2013 – Books in Brief
…free speech itself,” he warns. —Evan Sparks How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, by Paul Tough “Genius,” Thomas Edison famously quipped, “is 1 percent inspiration,…
Medical Matchmaking
…cured. This miracle of modern medicine took place at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a nonsectarian institution named after the patron saint of hopeless causes. For the first time, a…