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Three Donors, a Trustee, and a LibraryOctober 2017
John Steele Gordon
One of the largest libraries in the world is a product of private philanthropy
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Revving Economic Engines at Community CollegesJuly 2017
David Bass
Want to get America back to work? Stop overlooking the thousand schools that serve half of America's higher-ed students
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Building BuildersJuly 2017
Ashley May
A Christian polytechnic university takes after its inventive founder
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2 Brothers, A Truck, and Lots of SubsJuly 2017
Daniel P. Smith
A pair of entrepreneurs answer the philanthropic call
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An Indispensable Donor Memorializes America's Irreplaceable PatriotsJuly 2017
Tom Riley
Philadelphia's New Museum of the American Revolution is a long-overdue landmark
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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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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.
