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Interview with David Saltzman
October 2017
After leading the Robin Hood Foundation for 27 years, Saltzman reflects on his time fighting poverty in New York
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Interview with Orville Rogers
October 2017
This 99-year-old runner explains how his Christian faith moved him to serve in the military and donate upwards of $34 million
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Interview with Paul Haaga
July 2017
The Republican investor on running NPR for $1, how to be an effective board member, and his very own dinosaur.
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Interview with Mike Rowe
July 2017
The "Dirty Jobs" and "Somebody's Gotta Do It" star on the tyranny of the college narrative and the value of manual work
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Interview with J.D. Vance
July 2017
The Rust Belt native and Yale Law graduate on his nonprofit and the barriers to success many Americans face
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Interview with Julian Robertson
October 2016
The wizard of Wall Street on small-town values, big-city schools, and seeding a new generation of philanthropic leaders.
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Interview with Jim Gibbons
July 2016
Goodwill's CEO discusses social enterprise and the power of work.
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Interview with Denny Sanford
July 2016
Denny Sanford on his $1.4 billion in giving to medical research, physics, and more.
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Interview with Gordon Gund
April 2016
He’s been blind since 1970, but is lighting a path to prevention and cures for fellow sufferers.
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Interview with Eva Moskowitz
April 2016
How this hard-charging leader of school reform accomplishes miracles.
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Interview with Carrie and John Morgridge
January 2016
These enthusiastic donors believe every gift matters.
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Interview with Bruce Kovner
October 2015
Trading titan Bruce Kovner has focused his philanthropy on free-market think tanks, arts (especially music organizations), and school-reform advocacy.
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Interview with Eric Greitens
July 2015
A scholar and Navy SEAL shares his secrets for reintegrating vets at home.
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Interview with Donald Rumsfeld
July 2015
Our oldest and youngest Secretary of Defense is also a philanthropist.
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Endowing a New "Chinese" Rhodes
July 2015
Stephen Schwarzman's $300 million gift has the multi-generation aim of smoothing Western relations with China—by mixing top students in Beijing for a fellowship year.
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Interview with Sandy Weill
April 2015
A king of capital on founding a high-school internship program, building a medical school in Qatar, and rescuing Carnegie Hall.
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Interview with Steve Green
January 2015
The Hobby Lobby president describes his forthcoming Museum of the Bible.
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Interview with Howard Dahl
October 2014
The founder of Amity Technology discusses his giving to rehabilitate the former Soviet Union and assesses Ukraine.
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Interview with Christopher Oechsli
October 2014
The president of Atlantic Philanthropies reflects on Chuck Feeney's legendary generosity, the value of bricks-and-mortar giving, and how to recover donor intent.
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Interview with Terry and Mary Kohler
July 2014
The donor couple discusses rescuing cranes and swans, counseling couples, painting Wisconsin red, and more.