continent on Earth, mainly on the Earth’s northeastern quadrant

National Security Philanthropy

Take an overseas tour with a one-of-a-kind nonprofit that uses charitable micro efforts to blunt foreign threats

Together

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

Summer 2019 - Briefly Noted

A troubling screed from the Gray Lady. Seeing a black hole. California's homelessness farce. Taps, hurricane relief, and a TFA meltdown. A truly imaginative university.

Victory!

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

Unto the Nations

Is the focus of American evangelicals shifting overseas?

Spartan Donors

What s to be gained from private giving to Uncle Sam s military academies?

A Welfare System That Works

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

Lending a Hand to Classical Music

The Cliburn piano competition uses grassroots contributions from thousands of volunteers to elevate an elite art form

Interview with Bob Ulrich

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

Modern Missionaries

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

Giving It All

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

Summer 2016 - Briefly Noted

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