Benjamin Franklin

Interesting charities encountered in our travels. With a special focus this installment on top-flight, donor-powered medical institutions in Boston.

Why philanthropy is often the best choice for solving public problems.

A U.S. history that offers a more balanced telling of our national origins

Philadelphia

Ray Madoff believes that perpetuity undermines broader societal values. There are good reasons to sunset, true. But why should sunsetting be legally mandated?

One donor's plea to give while you live

Two new websites offer extraordinary inspiration and guidance to philanthropists

Notable early American philanthropists, from the Philanthropy Hall of Fame

The Gilder Lehrman Institute and Rockefeller Foundation are connecting teens to history through the musical Hamilton

A half-billion-dollar philanthropically funded mega-project created one of the most unusual museums in the world.

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

One of the largest libraries in the world is a product of private philanthropy

You thought only government could do defense? Think again!

Philanthropists fulfill George Washington's dying wish and build a Presidential library