China
country in East Asia
Energy Foundation China
Sustainable Energy in China
Generous Giving
Inspiring Christian Faith-Based Giving
The Green Revolution
Averting Millions of Deaths by Starvation
Interview with Steve Moore
The executive director of the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust explains how the foundation is responding to the coronavirus
No Giver Is Safe
Ad hominem attacks and sweeping arguments are gradually poisoning the American public on philanthropy
National Security Philanthropy
Take an overseas tour with a one-of-a-kind nonprofit that uses charitable micro efforts to blunt foreign threats
A World Vision
The charity that shifted evangelical eyes, and dollars, overseas
A Stroll Through Community Life
Philadelphia
Inventing Child Sponsorship
The man behind the person-to-person approach
Evangelical Philanthropy for the World
A history of the Christian newspaper that directed American eyes to the neediest
What's Strangling International Adoption?
And is the falloff a good or bad thing?
The Calculating Philanthropy of Silicon Valley
How giving in America is changing under the growing influence of tech donors
Unto the Nations
Is the focus of American evangelicals shifting overseas?
Opening Up the University
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is funding what could someday be viewed as higher education s Great Disruption
Spartan Donors
What s to be gained from private giving to Uncle Sam s military academies?
Parenting the Privileged
Dynastic wealth can hurt children. Can philanthropy help?
The Rockefeller Legacy
On the centenary of the Rockefeller Foundation, it's worth remembering what its founder accomplished in his own 97 years.
Founding Funders
Notable early American philanthropists, from the Philanthropy Hall of Fame
Lending a Hand to Classical Music
The Cliburn piano competition uses grassroots contributions from thousands of volunteers to elevate an elite art form
Spring 2018 - Interview with Tim Keller
If you had a pot of money to give to advance religious practice, where would you spend it?
Fall 2017 - Settling for Stasis
Americans use technology for comfort, not revolution
Asking Tough Questions
David Weekley: homebuilder, charity-grower, and hard-nosed inquisitor
Interview with Donald Rumsfeld
Our oldest and youngest Secretary of Defense is also a philanthropist
Donors Who Come to the Aid of Their Country
You thought only government could do defense? Think again!
Interview with Sandy Weill
A king of capital on founding a high-school internship program, building a medical school in Qatar, and rescuing Carnegie Hall
Madison Avenue Mercies
The virtues of advertising, overhead, and other wicked ways of doing good
Winter 2015 - Save the Pawns
Too many aid agencies treat people in developing countries like chess pieces
The Power of Ownership
Fighting poverty from the ground up
Summer 2014 - Briefly Noted
Charity rises in China. Disrupting the textbook market. Flight of the ospreys. A murky future for donor-advised funds.
Protecting Animals and People
How donors are using research, security, and economic incentives to save Africa's wildlife
Summer 2014 - Interview with Terry and Mary Kohler
The donor couple discusses endangered birds, marriage, and more
Summer 2013 - Briefly Noted
Conservative studies at the "Berkeley of the Rockies," the efficacy of child sponsorship, and more
Summer 2013 - Endowing a New "Chinese" Rhodes
A $300 million gift aims to smooth Western relations with China by mixing top students in Beijing.
Playing the Long Game
Meet Eli and Edythe Broad, winners of the 2013 William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership
Summer 2016 - Interview with Denny Sanford
Denny Sanford on his $1.4 billion in giving to medical research, physics, and more.