Cracks are becoming visible in American work habits. Whole subpopulations now have weak attachments to self-supporting labor. This worsens poverty and economic mobility. It also damages well-being in subtler ways—because Read more…
Twenty-five years ago, charter schools hadn’t even been dreamed up. Today they are mushrooming across the country. There are 6,500 charter schools operating in 42 states, with more than 600 Read more…
Donating money to modify public thinking and government policy has now taken its place next to service-centered giving as a constructive branch of philanthropy. Many donors now view public-policy reform Read more…
Over the last generation, Catholic schools have been buffeted by a confluence of winds: changing demographics in the urban neighborhoods where many of their facilities are located, the disappearance of Read more…
This intriguing book makes a powerful case for a sorely needed U.S. educational improvement that has been almost entirely overlooked. During the last two decades, philanthropists and education reformers have Read more…
Philanthropy for veterans, military service members, and their families is a comparatively new and fast-growing branch of American charitable giving. Alas, there is little good information available to help donors Read more…
Few innovations in education today offer as much potential to improve the quality of learning for all students as the emergence of blended learning—the combination of personalized, online instruction with Read more…
Recent calls for more transparency in private philanthropy have increased the need for philanthropic organizations to carefully plan and think about what information they will release to the public and Read more…
Part of the mission of The Philanthropy Roundtable is to make its members aware of the features of the legal and policy climate that may affect donors’ ability to achieve Read more…
Giving to universities can be tricky. Here are 11 strategies for making sure your gift is used as you wish
No matter how judiciously you populate your board of trustees with trusted colleagues, there is no firm legal barrier to significant drift in the mission of your perpetual foundation.
Meet Philip and Nancy Anschutz, Winners of the 2009 William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership
Executive Summary The distinctive characteristic of American philanthropy is freedom. Americans are free to give to the charities they care about most. Perhaps they want to help repair a school, Read more…
We are all indebted to Amitai Etzioni for leading the effort to restore the concept of community to our public discourse. I happen to share his view that the principal Read more…
Introduction The enforcement of donor intent is one of the longest-standing issues concerning the operation of foundations. Most observers of philanthropy now agree that foundations should be expected to adhere Read more…
It is something of a shock for one who knows nothing about philanthropy, but is only a grateful recipient of it, to find himself speaking to experts in the field. Read more…