Five Insights About Donors of Color
…captured by philanthropic research. A new report by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Everyday Donors of Color: Diverse Philanthropy During Times of Change, sets out to fill in gaps in…
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How One Nonprofit Is Connecting Veterans With Employment Opportunities
…conduct a job search. The Hire Heroes USA Volunteer Mentor Network connects veterans with volunteers for industry-specific coaching, networking and interview practice to move them forward in their job search….
Recovering Donor Intent If It’s Lost
…and restoration, of rediscovering Mr. Daniels’ intent for his foundation, the board not only recovered its founder’s intent but ensured its future protection as well. Philanthropy managing editor Evan Sparks…
Duke of Carolina
…become a world-class national research university. Every measure indicates that it has: the university is currently ninth in U.S. News & World Report’s domestic rankings, 24th in the Times Higher…
President’s Note
…own overly restrictive operating guidelines. “Back to Bill.” Within just a few years of Bill Daniels’s death, the foundation he created was violating his most cherished principles. Evan Sparks tells…
Spring 2012 – Editor’s Introduction
…higher learning. Private, voluntary support has long been a source of great strength for American higher education. In our Spring 2012 cover story, managing editor Evan Sparks highlights three donors…
Summer 2012 – Books in Brief
…process. That the Peace Prize is by turns famous and infamous is to some extent an inadvertent result of the original donor himself. —Evan Sparks Palace of Culture: Andrew…
Summer 2012 – Editor s Introduction
…building a team of research scientists and engineers—and pushing them forward as they try to beat cancer. Managing editor Evan Sparks reports on David Koch’s hard-charging efforts. Michael Milken has…
Editor’s Introduction
…working to build nonprofits to the point where they no longer need his support. Throughout it all, he has created institutions—an aquarium, medical facilities, policy research institutes—that anywhere else would…
Stronger Together
…having enough time to deeply research a field; the intermediary organization takes responsibility for finding the best practitioners, and the donor provides the resources. Thanks to the multiple benefits they…
Nature Philanthropy
…research. Cultivated Beauty “Do you want Wolf Trap?” “You have many parks for recreation, but you have nothing in the performing arts,” Catherine Filene Shouse told the Secretary of the…
Winter 2014 – Briefly Noted
…in the U.S. go to organizations with religious ties. According to research for the Connected to Give project, which is supported by a consortium of Jewish foundations, 41 percent of…