Ford Foundation

Averting Millions of Deaths by Starvation

Whys and ways of preserving donor intent

Learning from the past and planning for the future

How a scrappy community foundation set out to raise $100 million

How giving in America is changing under the growing influence of tech donors

Olivier Zunz s new book is a good, if limited, history of 20th century American foundations

From the Winter 2012 symposium on international giving

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

Are the big foundations really the agents of American imperialism?

Giving while you live can improve society long after you're gone

Why givers prize the right to be anonymous

Responding to "Beware of Blind Spots"

With the valuable pro bono hours they volunteer, lawyers can change lives, or change the country.

De Blasio s funding fantasy. A billion for charters. Newspaper nonprofit? Tough teacher ratings work. Smart brain philanthropy.

The Hewlett Foundation wants to improve the effectiveness of our political debates

Featuring Kim Dennis, Gara LaMarche, Roger Hertog, and Chris DeMuth

You thought only government could do defense? Think again!

The hopes and hazards of bringing market mechanisms to philanthropy

The donor couple discusses endangered birds, marriage, and more

The charter school boom ahead

How philanthropists are tearing down problems, building solutions, and stopping bad guys in the Motor City

An open letter to the Ford Foundation on inequality.

Reasons to join us in Charleston.

Gordon Moore's tech vision changed modern times. He wants his giving to change life 10,000 years from now.