Ian Rowe on “Our American Stories”: My Coming of Agency Moment
…from Jamaica to the United States in search of a better life in the 1960s and how his mother’s coming of agency story as a young black woman in Jamaica…
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Tiny Ships to the Stars
…in the 1990s called Clementine. Later, he spent nearly a decade as director of NASA’s Ames Research Center, the agency’s outpost in Silicon Valley, supporting small-satellite and other programs, and…
Nonprofit Leverages Technology to Help Parents Choose Their Children’s Schools
…research on how to connect parents to schools In 2019, the Miles Foundation, a charitable foundation in Fort Worth, Texas, approached the Lincoln Network for help solving a problem in…
Elise Westhoff: Sharing Some Personal News
…coming weeks, the Philanthropy Roundtable board of directors will launch a national search for a new chief executive. To everyone in the Roundtable community, we are grateful to you for…
A Note from Philanthropy Magazine’s First Editor
…foundation established by the late Daniel C. Searle to support public policy reform. She was the first executive director of the Philanthropy Roundtable and the first editor of Philanthropy magazine….
Modern Missionaries
…but scant contextual understanding. Without that local context a surgeon might say, “Let’s put the patient on subcutaneous heparin, then he’ll switch to Coumadin, and he’ll get his INR checked…
The War against Breast Cancer
…revenue went to research; today BCRF allocates 89 percent of revenue to research, garnering a top rating from Charity Navigator. Its founding vision of funding innovative research continues to resonate…
Briefly Noted
…challenge was a waste and that scientists weren’t using the money to do research, etc. I assure you that this is absolutely false.” The surge of research funding from the…
Parenting the Privileged
…your check and graduate you. Money can buy anything you want.” The legacy of great wealth also has the potential to overwhelm young people’s search for identity, a search that…
President’s Note: What Lies Ahead
For the last three decades, The Philanthropy Roundtable has provided thought-provoking content through our quarterly magazine, Philanthropy. Like you, I read the pages with great interest, and the stories inspired my…
Victory!
…program that provided staff with the resources to conduct small, non-military research projects. Other foundations, such as Smith Richardson, also supported research and analysis at RAND over the years, with…
True Diversity Advocates Respond to Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decisions
…“While the Court’s decision today is not directly applicable to the workplace, employers should take notice. Race-based preferences in the employment context have always been prohibited under Title VII of…