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Drawing a Larger Circle Around FamiliesJuly 2017
Naomi Schaefer Riley
There are volunteers eager to nurture children and parents, reducing the trauma of foster care
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Bad Donors, Good ResultsApril 2017
Grant Smith
Human kindness and charitable success aren’t necessarily linked. That’s one of the paradoxes of philanthropy.
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Privacy as a Philanthropic PillarApril 2017
Karl Zinsmeister
Why givers prize the right to be anonymous
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The Legal and Political Landscape of Donor PrivacyApril 2017
Sean Parnell
For all Americans—conservative, progressive, or apolitical—protecting donor privacy is crucial to the health and freedom of our society.
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On U.S. Campuses, Free Inquiry Is Taking a BeatingJanuary 2017
Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff
Donors may be the best hope for making colleges less one-sided and censorious.
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How Private Givers Can Rescue America in an Era of Political FrustrationJanuary 2017
Karl Zinsmeister
A roadmap to success, no matter what unfolds in Washington.
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What Next?January 2017
Wilfred McClay, Andy Smarick , Eli Lehrer, Virginia Postrel, Joel Kotkin, John McClaughry, Howard Husock , Bill Kauffman, Fred Smith, David Brooks, Kenneth Weinstein, Peter Lawler, Richard Brookhiser, Naomi Schaefer Riley, Adam Keiper, Robert Woodson
Reactions to the roadmap.
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Philanthropy or Social Activism?November 2016
Justin Torres
With the valuable pro bono hours they volunteer, lawyers can change lives, or change the country.
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The EducatorsOctober 2016
Bruce and Suzie Kovner give to schoolchildren, music students, and policymaking. Here’s how and why.
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Partners Against MiseryOctober 2016
Susan Hertog
A loyal funder and a visionary took on tenement squalor, and won.
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Founding FundersOctober 2016
Karl Zinsmeister
The story of how American philanthropy built a Jewish homeland.
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2 Million Dollars 1 Billion SoulsOctober 2016
Liz Essley Whyte
How an improvising leader and ten donors brought the Bible to unreached peoples.
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The Power of Science PhilanthropyJuly 2016
Karl Zinsmeister
Why private funding is so important to the experimenting that makes us smarter, healthier, and richer.
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Beware of Blind SpotsJuly 2016
Michael Gerson, Peter Wehner
Two veteran social reformers encourage the Ford Foundation not to overlook the tough elements that are essential to the success of tough love in combating economic inequality.
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A Gateway to Peace and ProsperityJuly 2016
Anne Snyder
A Texas couple create a new community to help women exit cycles of abuse.
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Closing the Marriage GapJuly 2016
Heather Wilhelm
An inventive philanthropic undertaking seeks to strengthen America by bolstering marital ties.
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Sports vs. BreakdownApril 2016
Ashley May , Marques Chavez , Andrea Scott
We profile four grassroots ventures that attack community demons with play and discipline—using sports to draw young people into more wholesome and productive lives.
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