Spring 2014 – Faithful Giving
The latest social science has good news for philanthropists: Giving profits the giver as well as the receiver. Those who give of their time and money are happier than stingy…
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Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself: A Memoir By Eileen Rockefeller Industrial titan John Rockefeller is an American icon for wealth, fame, and power. His great-granddaughter Eileen currently lives a modest…
Spring 2014 – Wielding the Profit Motive Against Poverty
Entrepreneur Badu Bahera runs a successful milk delivery business in northeastern India. He also sells safe drinking water, candy, cookies, cigarettes, laundry soap, shampoo, and Coca-Cola. His work is long…
Spring 2014 – Interview with Gerry Lenfest
When H. F. “Gerry” Lenfest made a fortune from the sale of his cable company to AT&T in 1999, he determined to give it all away as quickly and intelligently…
Nonprofit Spotlight: Street Sense
It’s a rainy spring day in the nation’s capital. Inside a toasty old back office, James Davis, the self-dubbed “CEO of 17th and L Street,” is holding forth on what…
Briefly Noted
Politics and education reform When Bill Gates spoke at the American Enterprise Institute in March, he noted that early in their philanthropic years he and his wife Melinda zeroed in…
Sharing Health
Seven-year-old Autumn Forti was shopping with her mother, Ann, at Hobby Lobby in March 2012 when her small body started spinning around and dropped to the floor. A neurologist later…
Nature Philanthropy
When you think of parks, whether Yosemite or your corner playground, you probably think of them as quintessentially public institutions—as the Ken Burns documentary puts it, “America’s best idea.” And…
Gas Heat
Dan Fitzsimmons remembers that blustery day in March 2011 when he traveled to the offices of the Park Foundation in Ithaca, New York, asking for help. He was hopeful and…
Protecting Animals and People
Forty years ago, standing out on the Serengeti, you might have seen a herd of elephant go by—with collars on. A Cessna would purr overhead, tracing their radio signals. In…
Walk the Line
Philanthropist Steve Baird remembers a time when Chicago’s deserted, elevated rail line was not a welcoming environment. But even then, many of the Windy City’s residents saw potential for the…
Land Law
It was only a $173 tax bill. But it led to a landmark ruling in May that could have nationwide consequences for the future of American conservation. The property-tax bill,…