Fall 2016 – Improving Political Diversity on Campus
Can philanthropy help mend our one-party universities?
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How Private Givers Can Rescue America in an Era of Political Frustration
A roadmap to success, no matter what unfolds in Washington.
What Next?
Reactions to the roadmap.
Spring 2016 – Are College Sports Out of Control?
Gilbert Gaul argues in his new book, Billion-Dollar Ball, that athletic programs at a number of major universities have become so lucrative that it should be questioned whether they deserve to be considered part of higher education and entitled to various benefits.
Spring 2016 – Redefining Usury
How a self-interested banker helped millions of people prosper. In this book review we learn about Jacob Fugger, who lived from 1459 to 1525, and the ways he powerfully nudged the modern world into existence.
Spring 2016 – Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern
The poor Guggenheim.
The Art of Public-Policy Philanthropy: Fighting for School Reform
Featuring Chester Finn, John Kirtley, Fred Klipsch, Betsy DeVos, and Thomas Carroll.
Spring 2016 – Interview with Gordon Gund
He’s been blind since 1970, but is lighting a path to prevention and cures for fellow sufferers.
Spring 2016 – Nonprofit Spotlight: SquashBusters
Urban squash. It’s about sports, not gardening, and has become a successful way to help low-income children succeed in school, college, and work.
Interview with Eva Moskowitz
How this hard-charging leader of school reform accomplishes miracles.
The Educators
Bruce Kovner met William Simon once. He thinks it was probably when Simon was Treasury Secretary, under President Ford. “The impression he left on me was the same as he Read more…
Partners Against Misery
A loyal funder and a visionary took on tenement squalor, and won.
Founding Funders
The story of how American philanthropy built a Jewish homeland.
Winter 2016 – Big Bets and the Aspiration Gap
What accounts for the difference between what donors want to achieve and where they make their largest gifts?
Winter 2016 – Shakespeare s Savior
Henry Folger made it his life’s work to gather up scattered British treasure and bring it to America for conservation.
Winter 2016 – Books in Brief
In her well-timed work The Prize, which takes an in-depth look at the battles in Newark over Mark Zuckerberg’s gift, veteran journalist Dale Russakoff offers her analysis.
How Philanthropy Fuels American Success
This exclusive excerpt from The Almanac of American Philanthropy details how America’s deep culture of private giving keeps our nation thriving.
Sports vs. Breakdown
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.
A Different Kind of TV Network
In search of virtuous entertainment
Call of the Wild
A marriage of market-based conversation and treetop acrobatics helps kids succeed in school.