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Cassin Educational Initiative Foundation
A Fund to Seed New Catholic Schools
The Great Distance-Learning Experiment
How is our forced effort at online education going?
Good Habits Aren t Dead, They re Only Sleeping
A hundred years ago we taught the poor the behaviors of success
Contagious Caring
A community in Shreveport, Louisiana, changed its future by connecting neighbors to each other
Millions from Millions
Small donors allow St. Jude Children s Research Hospital to take the hardest cases without charging families a dime.
Revolutionary Relevance
The Gilder Lehrman Institute and Rockefeller Foundation are connecting teens to history through the musical Hamilton
Modern Missionaries
A Jewish philanthropist. His Christian college roommate. Healing for many.
Winter 2018 - Briefly Noted
Censorship by Google. A modern-day good Samaritan. A quarterback gives back. Charter school experimentation.
Medical Matchmaking
While federal health-care policy is in disarray, these charities and volunteers are offering help now
How Private Givers Can Rescue America in an Era of Political Frustration
A roadmap to success, no matter what unfolds in Washington
Seven Results of the Charter-School Revolution
The most consequential developments after 25 years of charter schools.
Fall 2016 - Briefly Noted
Little platoons on pontoons. Crisp progress in the Big Apple. Nonprofits brace for new overtime rules.
Philanthropy or Social Activism?
With the valuable pro bono hours they volunteer, lawyers can change lives, or change the country.
Spring 2015 - Briefly Noted
Seafaring savior. A long-lost battleship. Enabling a book thief. Philanthropy vs. charity. Why give operating support?
Stronger Together
Donors are increasingly using expert intermediaries to bundle and target their giving
Summer 2014 - Excellence in the Classroom
How donors can help teachers acquire the skills they need.
Summer 2014 - Interview with Terry and Mary Kohler
The donor couple discusses endangered birds, marriage, and more
Nature Philanthropy
Donated lands have become some of our most beautiful national treasures.
From Promising to Proven
The charter school boom ahead
Spring 2013 - President's Note
Breakthroughs in K 12 Education
Spring 2013 - Magna Charter
Our schools won t thrive until the charter ethic replaces the urban school district itself, says this leading reform expert.
DoNation
Which Americans give most to charity?
They Shall Overcome
Meet the K 12 reform donors who strategically balance charitable giving, legislative advocacy, and direct political engagement.
Spring 2013 - Interview with Betsy DeVos, the Reformer
For years now, she has been at the forefront of the educational-reform movement.
Lessons in Citizenship
American students are increasingly ignorant of American civics. Donors are working to revive appreciation of founding principles
Summer 2016 - Briefly Noted
Chicks on camera. Couch-surfing in disaster zones. Teacher's union fights for facelifts. One million missing Christians.