Africa

Bolstering African Universities

When extremists leave prison, who helps them find a new life?

Entrepreneurial trees, watered by philanthropy, begin to bear fruit across Africa

A medical missionary's brush with random suffering

Why, where, and how today's evangelical donors give

The connection between generosity and religion. Gem of a donation. America s only Jewish crisis pregnancy center. The biggest mortar and pestle in the Western hemisphere.

Meet the (non-Catholic) patron saints of inner-city Catholic education

An overview of the Winter 2012 issue on international giving

Meet the Venezuelan-American family that teaches universal values to promote character education

Is the focus of American evangelicals shifting overseas?

How donors helped win a war of ideas and how they can do it again

How Dale Dawson is helping rebuild Rwanda, one small loan at a time

Meet the Houston investor who is protecting Africans from Joseph Kony.

Short reviews of new books on Alfred Nobel, Coke s corporate philanthropy, the Carnegie Museum, and more

Are the big foundations really the agents of American imperialism?

The Latter-day Saints are proving that private citizens can support a vast and effective social welfare system.

A descendant examines her ancestry from philanthropists to slave traders

A faith-based approach to helping victims recover from trauma

A Jewish philanthropist. His Christian college roommate. Healing for many.

Censorship by Google. A modern-day good Samaritan. A quarterback gives back. Charter school experimentation.

One doctor s shortcut to supplying Africa with surgeons

Reactions to the roadmap

A roadmap to success, no matter what unfolds in Washington

How an improvising leader and ten donors brought the Bible to unreached peoples.

An e-learning entrepreneur brings cut-rate practical degrees to far-flung corners of the world

David Weekley: homebuilder, charity-grower, and hard-nosed inquisitor

Bringing the spirit of America to combat zones

Seafaring savior. A long-lost battleship. Enabling a book thief. Philanthropy vs. charity. Why give operating support?

History shows that donors can have big, healthy effects on public policy if they are prepared

The hopes and hazards of bringing market mechanisms to philanthropy

Ten years in, the ballyhooed Millennium Villages Project is mostly a bust

A 15-year update on the winners of the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership

The founder of Amity Technology discusses his giving to rehabilitate the former Soviet Union and assesses Ukraine

How donors are using research, security, and economic incentives to save Africa's wildlife

Schools need better teaching, not more money: Bill Gates. Celebrity philanthropy fizz. Bureaucracy-ridden sluggards.

Alan Barnhart and his brother Eric owned a $250 million company. Owned. Past tense. Because they gave it away.

In a Q&A, Howard Graham Buffett shows his many hats and his effort to take on hunger.

The real reason for keeping the government s hands off of the charitable deduction

Chicks on camera. Couch-surfing in disaster zones. Teacher's union fights for facelifts. One million missing Christians.

Why private funding is so important to the experimenting that makes us smarter, healthier, and richer