…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…
…had to wait for retirement, or bequests. As Callahan notes, today’s new crop of billionaires are not waiting for old age or death to start giving away money. And while…
…If you start a ministry to help the homeless, it too will need money annually as long as it exists. But if you start a church, it only needs start-up…
…sisters in a Catholic orphanage, he was kicked out of seminary and dropped out of architecture school before starting a pizza joint in Ypsilanti, Michigan. (“I started out in architecture…
In a wide-ranging interview, Philanthropy Roundtable President and CEO Elise Westhoff recently spoke with Alliance Magazine Editor Charles Keidan about the current direction of U.S. philanthropy, Westhoff’s vision for the…
…The Community College Research Center has found that students who start some community-college coursework while still in high school achieve higher GPAs and are more likely to graduate quickly. These…
…the Mediterranean in less-than-seaworthy vessels. After a drowning of 366 people off the coast of Lampedusa in 2013, Italy set up a specialized search and rescue operation called Mare Nostrum….
This issue of Philanthropy magazine is an extended look at little versus big, at aid versus arm-twisting, at inspiration versus intimidation. It asks whether lots of helpful little mice can fend off…
Money magazine has described Richard H. Driehaus as a “master of momentum investing.” Barron’s calls him “one of the most influential individuals within the mutual fund industry in the past…
…money. I’m only saying that in the context of my life—where I started from and where I am—it’s awesome. If you’d have told me 50 years ago this is where…
… In a recent op-ed, Korn Ferry, the nation’s largest search firm, said corporate search committees are demanding clear evidence of their executive candidates’ ethical behavior. In addition, Korn Ferry…
…research on how to connect parents to schools In 2019, the Miles Foundation, a charitable foundation in Fort Worth, Texas, approached the Lincoln Network for help solving a problem in…