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Pershing and the National Cathedral

What's the link? And what can donors do?

The activist talks school choice and rethinking the entire education system

The Morgan Library and Frick Collection were given to the nation by men who didn t do anything by half measures.

Nations rely on builders of virtuous habits

An intimate Christmas present produced a beloved morality tale

Two prison businesses show how for-profit enterprising can achieve philanthropic ends

An Arizona homebuilder with a Kentucky heart and MBA head.

Beware of dishonest diversity.

Raised by a plumber and a cafeteria lady, the man who financed the launch of Home Depot describes a loan he can never pay back, why he made medical-school tuition at NYU free, and reasons for giving anonymously.

How Alan Ashton's side project to support his family produced an international company and a local landmark.

With religious practice and the giving it inspires trending downward in tandem, donors could learn from the successes of the charter-school movement

A medical missionary's brush with random suffering

Combining science and religion in a bold yet humble way

A church in Brooklyn that is desperately poor of money, but rich in faith, is changing addicts' lives

Giving thanks for Boston's charitable houses of worship

Religion and generosity feed each other in fascinating ways

The connection between generosity and religion. Gem of a donation. America s only Jewish crisis pregnancy center. The biggest mortar and pestle in the Western hemisphere.

The forthright social conservative on religious liberty, translating principles into policy, and the importance of saying what you truly believe.

Why, where, and how today's evangelical donors give

The physician and the lady

A foolish critic of private charity

Meet the (non-Catholic) patron saints of inner-city Catholic education

Is the focus of American evangelicals shifting overseas?

How Dale Dawson is helping rebuild Rwanda, one small loan at a time

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

David Koch, former MIT basketball captain, is now leading a new team from MIT one that s trying to beat cancer.

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

The emergence of Christian philanthropy and how it changed world history.

A descendant examines her ancestry from philanthropists to slave traders

Revisiting Bob Buford's bestseller Half Time

Notable contributions to Americana from the Philanthropy Hall of Fame

Notable contributions to religious causes from the Philanthropy Hall of Fame

Hunting human traffickers. Moral formation through music. Airplane ambulances. The philanthropic payoff to an artistic addiction.

A faith-based approach to helping victims recover from trauma

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

From a French restaurant to a faith-based classic, these programs help released prisoners start new chapters in their lives

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

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

This 99-year-old runner explains how his Christian faith moved him to serve in the military and donate upwards of $34 million

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

A Christian polytechnic university takes after its inventive founder

The head of Google.org on reinventing corporate philanthropy, Silicon Valley culture, and the mission that has driven her career

Donors may be the best hope for making colleges less one-sided and censorious

Why givers prize the right to be anonymous

How an improvising leader and ten donors brought the Bible to unreached peoples.

Little platoons on pontoons. Crisp progress in the Big Apple. Nonprofits brace for new overtime rules.

Reactions to the roadmap

Winds of change for charters. Science charity. Suing your alma mater. $100 million and a crowd.

Hard-won knowledge on how donor-funded litigation can improve our country