state of the United States of America

Cincinnati Works

Advancing Work as a Cure to Poverty

Giving by Degrees

Practitioners look at academic programs in philanthropy

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

How one determined family rallied their community to transform a once-deserted corner of Indianapolis

Spring 2019 - Briefly Noted

Data-driven child welfare, Bloomberg boosts civic innovation, mother-daughter volunteering, the local scholarship that swept the country.

A Lot to Learn

Frederick M. Hess reviews Steven Brill s new book on recent developments in K 12 education reform

Spartan Donors

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

Fall 2012 - Briefly Noted

Niall Ferguson s civil society, not-so-sweet lemonade buyers, Greeks bearing gifts, and more

SOS: Stopping Opioid Slaughter

A small group of donors is up against the worst drug epidemic ever. They need help.

Winter 2016 - Briefly Noted

A record gift to Catholic schools. Paul Allen continues to battle Ebola. Knights rescue the oppressed.

Stronger Together

Donors are increasingly using expert intermediaries to bundle and target their giving

Sharing Health

Mutual aid lives on in the battle against medical bills

They Shall Overcome

Meet the K 12 reform donors who strategically balance charitable giving, legislative advocacy, and direct political engagement.