capital and largest city of the United Kingdom

The Exchange

Two Titans, Two Temples

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

Anti-Radical

When extremists leave prison, who helps them find a new life?

Local Value makes Good Gifts

How a community foundation gives modest givers strength in numbers and major givers on-the-ground expertise

Secret Donor Man

The adventurous life of billionaire philanthropist Chuck Feeney and a biography that doesn't do it justice

Religious Recovery

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

Minding Paul Allen

The Microsoft co-founder s philanthropy may be more revealing than his new autobiography.

Foundation Nation?

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

Victory!

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

Unto the Nations

Is the focus of American evangelicals shifting overseas?

Rescuing the Survivors

Six things to consider when preparing to fund disaster relief

Ex Libris Philanthropy

Donors are making Great Books available to the public

Summer 2012 - Briefly Noted

An Intel-ligent cancer sensor, no anthroposophy at Aberdeen, no giving up, Wikidata, and more

Americana

Notable contributions to Americana from the Philanthropy Hall of Fame

Economic Opportunity

Notable contributions to economic opportunity 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

Good Giving from the Grave

How donors and charities can plan wisely to avoid posthumous punch-ups

Bad Donors, Good Results

Human kindness and charitable success aren't necessarily linked. That's one of the paradoxes of philanthropy.

Winter 2017 - Blue-Collar Banking

Against governmental opposition, early Americans created savings vehicles to boost the working class

The Educators

Bruce and Suzie Kovner give to schoolchildren, music students, and policymaking. Here's how and why.

Briefly Noted

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

Higher Ed, Lower Costs

An e-learning entrepreneur brings cut-rate practical degrees to far-flung corners of the world

Summer 2016 - Briefly Noted

Chicks on camera. Couch-surfing in disaster zones. Teacher's union fights for facelifts. One million missing Christians.