The Passion and Pitfalls of Giving to College Sports
Boone Pickens, Phil Knight, Kevin Plank, and many other donors are putting big bucks into college athletics. What are they getting in return?
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Spring 2016 – President’s Note
Inviting Your Response.
Briefly Noted
De Blasio’s funding fantasy. A billion for charters. Newspaper nonprofit? Tough teacher ratings work. Smart brain philanthropy. Inner-city chess, a book prize, and Superman in a workhouse.
Fall 2015 – Renaissance Ahead?
For 50 years, American K-12 Catholic education had been in a quiet retreat. Thousands of schools were shuttered. Enrollment plummeted by millions. Though heroic educators and generous donors stemmed the tide in many places, even creating exemplars of what was possible, forecasts were bleak. Education journals carried articles titled, “Can Catholic Schools Be Saved?”
Fall 2015 – 25 Ways to Strengthen America
From investing in think tanks to enabling veterans to apply their leadership, here are 25 ways that funders can strengthen our free society through their charitable giving.
Fall 2015 – Interview with Bruce Kovner
Trading titan Bruce Kovner has focused his philanthropy on free-market think tanks, arts (especially music organizations), and school-reform advocacy.
Fall 2015 – Books in Brief
Do you think the suffering of human beings is more important than the suffering of other animals? Do you think it’s valuable to know the people who run a charity you support? In his new book, controversial bioethics professor Peter Singer argues that these views and behaviors are mistaken.
Fall 2015 – Nonprofit Spotlight: Food For Life
Students learn good habits plus culinary skills at Food For Life.
Briefly Noted
Winds of change for charters. Science charity. Suing your alma mater. $100 million and a crowd.
Winter 2016 – Nonprofit Spotlight: Teaching Together
Teaching Together hires adults with cognitive disabilities as Catholic-school classroom aides.
Winter 2016 – Briefly Noted
A record gift to Catholic schools. Paul Allen continues to battle Ebola. Knights rescue the oppressed. A toy store for the homeless kids. Hamilton’s philanthropic roots. The 99 percent. A mini-interview with Purdue president and former governor Mitch Daniels.
Interview with Carrie and John Morgridge
These enthusiastic donors believe every gift matters.
The Art of Public Policy Philanthropy: Donors Go to Court
Seamus Hasson, Bill Mumma, Clint Bolick, Dick Weekley, and others share hard-won knowledge on how donor-funded litigation can improve our country.
Nonprofit Spotlight: Birch Community Services
Birch Community Services gives away food and asks for life-change in return.
Interview with Donald Rumsfeld
Our oldest and youngest Secretary of Defense is also a philanthropist.
Summer 2015 – Briefly Noted
Winnings for cancer. The church grocery. Protecting donor intent.
Madisonian, and Not Going to Take It Any More!
By the standards of the $9 billion William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, its Madison Initiative is not (yet) a large project. But Larry Kramer, president since 2012, has been aiming toward something like it for many years.
Higher Ed, Lower Costs
An e-learning entrepreneur brings cut-rate practical degrees to far-flung corners of the world.
Going for Broke
How foundations sunset, and the reasons it’s becoming popular.
Laying Foundations for Change
Who says bricks-and-mortar philanthropy isn’t effective?