American Enterprise Institute

How is our forced effort at online education going?

Whys and ways of preserving donor intent

Real problems, Mo giving, buildings for charter schools, donor privacy, RealClearJournalism, how donors can help break policy logjams.

A mid-size foundation seeks a lasting impact on public policy.

The forthright social conservative on religious liberty, translating principles into policy, and the importance of saying what you truly believe.

Alex M. Azar speaks on the future of health care and the private sector

Frederick M. Hess reviews Steven Brill s new book on recent developments in K 12 education reform

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

An overview of the Spring 2012 issue on giving to colleges and universities

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is funding what could someday be viewed as higher education s Great Disruption

The best efforts against poverty reinforce what people are doing right

A small group of donors is up against the worst drug epidemic ever. They need help.

Americans use technology for comfort, not revolution

An anecdotal call for crimping America's distinctive private philanthropy

Look outside cities for today's neediest classrooms

The Republican investor on running NPR for $1, how to be an effective board member, and his very own dinosaur.

SPLC on the warpath. The truth on foreign aid. Getting bluegrass in the black. Making Americans. An Oscar for humanitarianism.

Donors launch an experiment that could spark seminal social reform

Little platoons on pontoons. Crisp progress in the Big Apple. Nonprofits brace for new overtime rules.

Bruce and Suzie Kovner give to schoolchildren, music students, and policymaking. Here's how and why.

These enthusiastic donors believe every gift matters

The trading titan on investing in ideas and policy, school choice, and music

The Hewlett Foundation wants to improve the effectiveness of our political debates

Featuring Kim Dennis, Gara LaMarche, Roger Hertog, and Chris DeMuth

You thought only government could do defense? Think again!

Where are the old-line veterans charities headed?

The case for donors to get involved with schools of education

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

An education donor went to court; will other givers and other causes follow?

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

Giving for the religious. A Black Friday for donors. A Grinch-like plan for parks. The cost of a tax change. Medical marvels.

How the late Pete Peterson's donations helped Washington find budget balance

The promise and peril of America s most selective public high schools

Reviews of new books on why philanthropy matters, conscious capitalism, school leadership, and creating a charter school.

American students are increasingly ignorant of American civics. Donors are working to revive appreciation of founding principles

Today's schools are inhospitable to many young males

A Texas couple create a new community to help women exit cycles of abuse.

Reasons to join us in Charleston.