Work as Priority
In 2005, the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation made workforce development a major priority in its giving. Today the foundation is one of the largest funders of work initiatives in Read more…
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Winter 2018 – President’s Note
O ne of the greatest achievements of philanthropy in modern times is the growth of multiple charter-school networks where low-income children excel. Private funders now Read more…
Questions on Economic Opportunity Philanthropy
The economic opportunity team at The Philanthropy Roundtable asked some committed donors, “What is economic opportunity?” Our first respondent, Jeanne Bistranin of the Adolph Coors Foundation, took the time to Read more…
Fall 2017 – Briefly Noted
Veterans and chefs help in Houston. Broken instrument symphony. Ronald McDonald House marathons. Midwest wildlife preservation.
Fall 2017 – Interview with David Saltzman
After leading the Robin Hood Foundation for 27 years, Saltzman reflects on his time fighting poverty in New York
Fall 2017 – Interview with Orville Rogers
This 99-year-old runner explains how his Christian faith moved him to serve in the military and donate upwards of $34 million
Fall 2017 – Nonprofit Spotlight: Junior Achievement
Training youth to be workforce ready
Should Donors Invest in School Districts?
Charter-like deregulation might open a door for effective philanthropy on the district level
Fall 2017 – Teach a Man to Teach a Man to Fish
One doctor’s shortcut to supplying Africa with surgeons
Fall 2017 – Battle Creek Alchemy
Two philanthropic brothers achieved their radically different legacies in reactive opposition to each other
Fall 2017 – Settling for Stasis
Americans use technology for comfort, not revolution
Fall 2017 – President’s Note
Tax Reform and Philanthropy’s Three Percent Solution
SOS: Stopping Opioid Slaughter
A small group of donors is up against the worst drug epidemic ever. They need help.
Nonprofit Spotlight: Bunker Labs
Supporting veterans pursuing entrepreneurship
Summer 2017 – Interview with J.D. Vance
The Rust Belt native and Yale Law graduate on his nonprofit and the barriers to success many Americans face
Interview with Mike Rowe
The “Dirty Jobs” and “Somebody’s Gotta Do It” star on the tyranny of the college narrative and the value of manual work
Don’t Forget Rural Schools
Look outside cities for today’s neediest classrooms
Damaging Solutions in Search of a Problem
An anecdotal call for crimping America’s distinctive private philanthropy
Summer 2017 – President’s Note
Left-Right Collaboration in a Hyper-partisan Age
Tiny Ships to the Stars
A billionaire’s ambitious plans to send stamp-sized spacecraft light years away