How the Foellinger Foundation Exemplifies Donor Intent
…Foellingers’ intent, and requiring each of them to sign a statement affirming that intent. It’s an excellent model for foundations intending to exist in perpetuity. The inspiring story of the…
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Donors Helped Take Winning Fight Against Home Equity Theft to U.S. Supreme Court
…a lawsuit this week at the U.S. Supreme Court that will likely save thousands of people from a predatory tax scheme known as home equity theft. Tyler’s story began in…
How Philanthropy Can Support Solutions to America’s Complex Mental Health Crisis
…thought he drank too much, she says, but there was more to the story. “I explain this to a lot of people who can’t understand why they have a loved…
Celebrating the Legacy of Julius Rosenwald This Juneteenth
…the Parks Channel, a new social media platform for content about national parks. This film tells “The extraordinary story of a forgotten philanthropist, a Jewish son of immigrants from Chicago…
On Father’s Day, Helping Dads Make a Difference
…of his research, Harvard sociologist Robert Sampson has found the relationship between race and violent victimization in neighborhoods disappears when “percentage female-headed families is controlled.” We see a similar story…
Onwuka In Real Clear Education: Fighting for Viewpoint Diversity One Commencement Address at a Time
…One aspect of this untold story is the role of private philanthropy in supporting these efforts. “Thanks to the efforts of organizations like FIRE, two dozen state legislatures, from California…
Who Left the Dogs Out?
…of Medical Giving Perhaps. It is uncomfortably true that, as one expert puts it, that “the history of modern American philanthropy is the history of foundations looking for ways to…
She’s the Boss: Climbing the Ladder v. Entrepreneurship
Philanthropy Roundtable Adjunct Senior Fellow Patrice Onwuka works on our True Diversity initiative, an equality-based, holistic framework for embracing diversity. Some of her recent research has focused on how to…
Passion’s Place in a Philanthropic Strategy
…funding was the only missing piece. The opportunity to make a meaningful impact was simply too good to pass up. The moral of this story is not how to convince…
Joanne Florino in Planned Giving Today: Toxic Donors, Tainted Dollars: A Perspective
…History. The natural history museums, in particular, took heavy criticism in 2015 for accepting his gifts and honoring his name in a letter from scientists that warned, “When some of…
Frontline Healing Foundation: Treating our Veterans and First Responders this Veterans Day
…below has been edited for length and clarity. Q: What is the mission, history and focus of Frontline Healing Foundation? Jureczki: FHF, formerly the Warriors Heart Foundation, was founded…
American Habits and the Case for Practical Federalism
…are important for entrepreneurs and philanthropists, to discover and rediscover and to get in that conversation. All these ideas are accessible to Americans and are meant to be accessible. It’s…