Duke University

Sustainable Energy in China

Rockefeller Foundation Establishes Molecular Biology

Invention of Health Insurance

The Commonwealth Fund Funds George Papanicolau

Whys and ways of preserving donor intent

How one excellent scholarship reverberated into others

Was James B. Duke more successful than Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller?

A look at 'Give Smart: Philanthropy That Gets Results' by Thomas J. Tierney and Joel L. Fleishman

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

Meet the donors who have taken it upon themselves to launch new colleges

John Paulson s Central Park gift, great female donors, John Arnold retires, sunsetting Jewish foundations, and more

Notable contributions to higher education from the Philanthropy Hall of Fame

On buying the Magna Carta, understanding university culture, and interviewing Oprah.

While federal health-care policy is in disarray, these charities and volunteers are offering help now

Left-Right Collaboration in a Hyper-partisan Age

Why givers prize the right to be anonymous

The wizard of Wall Street on small-town values, big-city schools, and seeding a new generation of philanthropic leaders.

A small foundation uses focused academic, media, and activist grants to redirect a policy debate

A donor-funded conference educates the media on faith