Ask the Experts: What To Do About Violent Crime
…rise in domestic violence as well and some indications that it’s happening in households without a prior history of it. The pandemic also seems to have people on a short…
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Building mission on the bedrock of a donor s principles: The Daniels Fund
…reach mountain towns such as Casper. As a work-around, Daniels invested in coaxial cable and secured 4,000 subscribing households (about a third of the total homes in the area). His…
Saving Free Speech
…a charter-school education, the vast majority of them low-income black and Hispanic households. The slogan “black lives matter” is very easy to sign onto, but when you get into the…
Beware of Blind Spots
…and the bottom 20 percent of households are getting richer at a lower rate still. Let’s start by recognizing that while this is not desirable, it would be worse if…
Home, Land, Security
…philanthropists, banks, and rural households to the same degree that microfinance has? “Perhaps Americans forget how efficient and convenient our property market actually is,” suggests the Omidyar Network’s Boudreaux. “Americans…
Cash for the Poor?
…put his support behind GiveDirectly, a non-profit that gives poor households in Kenya cash via mobile phone, typically $1,000 in installments spread throughout one to two years. The only qualification…
Fall 2013 – Closing America’s Other Achievement Gap
…enrichment, find tutors, or supplement the school work of their under-challenged children. Some simply decide to homeschool. But high achievers are born into inattentive as well as attentive households, poor…
Spring 2013 – Magna Charter
…both the best new thinking and the starkest daily experience with the delivery of important services. Today’s most effective and admired systems generally empower households to select among alternate providers….
Winter 2014 – Briefly Noted
…year, and people who go to church more also give more. (See “Donation” in Philanthropy, Summer 2013.) A new study shows that 73 percent of the dollars donated by households…
Philanthropy Keeps the Lights on in Detroit
…Foundation, one third of households live on less than $15,000 per year. Sherman is part of a large cohort of private donors, foundations, and corporate givers working overtime to keep…
The Power of Ownership
…himself. Today, almost 10,000 people in 42 communities spread over 11,000 acres have directly benefited from an Agros project. Already, a third of the households with land loans have completed…
Winter 2015 – President’s Note
…of American children today are born out of wedlock. While many single mothers do a heroic job raising their children, the growth of single-parent households is economically, educationally, and emotionally…