Spring 2015 – Briefly Noted
Seafaring savior. A long-lost battleship. Enabling a book thief. Philanthropy vs. charity. Why give operating support?
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War, Peace, Philanthropy
Following U.S. forces and State Department officers into some of the toughest areas of the world, Spirit of America delivers private assistance intended to complement their work and advance U.S. interests.
From Big Success to Local Succor
How one donor found satisfaction in helping a unique community.
The Dinosaur Discoverer
How a misfit revolutionized paleontology—with a big boost from philanthropy.
Winter 2015 – Save the Pawns
Morally neutral approaches to poverty do not exist,” William Easterly writes in his latest book, The Tyranny of Experts. “Any approach to development will either respect the rights of the poor or it will violate them.” Too many aid agencies treat people in developing countries like chess pieces.
Winter 2015 – The Slow Boat to Utopia
Ten years in, the ballyhooed Millennium Villages Project is mostly a bust. In Nina Munk’s book The Idealist, Columbia University economist and celebrity academic Jeffrey Sachs, who made a splash with his plan to engineer the end of poverty as we know it, is an ambivalent figure.
Winter 2015 – President’s Note
Restoring the American Dream in 2015—For over three centuries, America has provided more opportunity to more people than any other country in the history of the world. That great tradition is now in danger.
Madison Avenue Mercies
The virtues of advertising, overhead, and other wicked ways of doing good.
Stronger Together
Donors are increasingly using expert intermediaries to bundle and target their giving.
Giving Made Easy
Donor-advised funds are bringing new convenience to philanthropy.
A New Way to Serve
Venture for America is bringing entrepreneurial vim and vigor to unexpected corners of our country.
Micro Lending, Major Impact
How the maker of SweetTARTS is combining friendship and capital in one tangy dose.
Alms Alchemy
The National Christian Foundation’s ability to turn unusual contributions to gold is creating a new trove of generosity.
Heartland Art
A new exhibit at Alice Walton’s Crystal Bridges Museum showcases the full range of American artistry.
Don’t Surrender the Academy
To the chagrin of reformers, the way that it stands ‘blowing up’ our existing schools of education is just not a viable option: The case for donors to get involved with schools of education.
The Power of Ownership
Fighting poverty from the ground up.
Patriots and Papers
Philanthropists fulfill George Washington’s dying wish and build a Presidential library at his Mount Vernon home.
A Tribute to Life
With major support from Tad Taube, the Polin Museum honors a millennium of Jewish history.
Museums Across America
A creative cornucopia of galleries from math to space to baseball is brought to the public by the generosity of donors.
Winter 2015 – Philanthropy’s Dangerous Rival
The clamor for limitless government threatens every private initiative.