Thank You for the Privilege of Serving You
Adam Meyerson reflects on his 19-year tenure at the helm of The Philanthropy Roundtable.
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Why We Protect Private Giving
Adapted from Adam Meyerson’s welcome remarks at the 2019 Annual Meeting.
The Crucial Importance of Independent Private Giving
As Karl Zinsmeister writes in this issue, “the priceless American innovation of voluntary private giving is now under ferocious, concerted, coordinated attack.” Wealthy givers are maligned in the media for Read more…
To Ourselves and Our Posterity
One of the greatest opportunities for philanthropy over the coming decade is to strengthen public knowledge and appreciation of the core principles of our Constitution. Our Constitutional structure is especially Read more…
Winter 2019 – President’s Note
The content of our character
Read Smart
A look at ‘Give Smart: Philanthropy That Gets Results’ by Thomas J. Tierney and Joel L. Fleishman
Starting Small
Foundations learn as they grow
A Giving Classic
Learning from the past and planning for the future
We’re Not Signing It
Our Concerns About Independent Sector’s “Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice”
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Philanthropists: With apologies to Stephen Covey
Philanthropists who seek to improve local, state, and national public policies face difficult challenges, but dramatic improvements are possible. From long observation of such struggles and the donors who overcome Read more…
Buffett and Gates, Audacious Servants
Warren Buffett’s extraordinary $31 billion contribution to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is part of a long American tradition. From the days of John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Read more…
Milton Friedman on Philanthropy
The Philanthropy Roundtable mourns the death of Milton Friedman at the age of 94. Friedman’s heart stopped on November 16, 2006. His ideas about the central importance of philanthropy in Read more…