…research and programming in five areas: energy and environment; food safety and security; workforce development; family wellness and financial security and youth development. The profile of K. Lisa Yang, ranked…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…will never do it.” Six wise practices for choosing board members Choosing good board members takes time, and there are no shortcuts. It’s a matter of cultivation and discernment—more art…
…team of four students rotates so that each member works a full business day on a different day of the week; every fourth week, one member of the four-person team…
…a family member might be the best successor, the search for a successor to preserve donor intent should be driven by philanthropic values, not family lineage. Donors insistent upon trying…
…decided, was a newsletter—and Philanthropy was born. It became a quarterly publication and was mailed to the Roundtable’s membership—some 150 grantmakers that first year, plus prospective members and observers of…
…The benefits to the United States,” Olmsted concluded, “are equally great in my judgment.” Full Immersion John Abizaid was the very first member of the U.S. military to use his…
…and congregation members helped reconstruct the building, enabling Zarephath to be debt-free from the start. More recently, the nonprofit has moved to a larger 5,000-square-foot building with five exam rooms,…
…job-search and placement help. After a member lands a job, CW staff stay in touch with both the worker and the employer for at least one year to help ensure…
Ford Foundation President Darren Walker has had yet another star turn, this time in an adoring profile on 60 Minutes. As much about his life story as his theory of…