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Interview with Tom Lewis

An Arizona homebuilder with a Kentucky heart and MBA head.

Giving by Degrees

Practitioners look at academic programs in philanthropy

We're Not Signing It

Our Concerns About Independent Sector s Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice

Summer 2012 - Books in Brief

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

A Welfare System That Works

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

Interview with Bob Ulrich

This former Target CEO put $200 million into a fascinating collection of 6,800 musical instruments.

Summer 2018 - Briefly Noted

Hunting human traffickers. Moral formation through music. Airplane ambulances. The philanthropic payoff to an artistic addiction.

School and Home

Boarding programs and other charter innovations mix elements of family life and education for foster kids in need of both

Summer 2017 - Briefly Noted

Home life and scholastic success. A baseball all-star gives back. Children and animals on Noah's Ark. BYU student animators.

Stronger Together

Donors are increasingly using expert intermediaries to bundle and target their giving

Suing for Reform

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

Making Forever Families

Churches and donors lift thousands of children out of the foster-care bureaucracy

DoNation

Which Americans give most to charity?

They Shall Overcome

Meet the K 12 reform donors who strategically balance charitable giving, legislative advocacy, and direct political engagement.

Blending, Upending

Is blended learning the disruptive innovation of K 12 reform?