Manhattan

A Performance Space in a New NYC Neighborhood

Rockefeller Keeps the U.N. in U.S.

A New Way to Fight Crime

Financial Services for Low-income Workers

George Eastman Debuts Martha Graham

Interesting charities encountered in our travels. With a special focus this installment on top-flight, donor-powered medical institutions in Boston.

Samaritan s Purse brings Christian relief to New York

Could he become as effective as a donor as he was as businessman and mayor?

What it takes to bring excellent education to poor children

A troubling screed from the Gray Lady. Seeing a black hole. California's homelessness farce. Taps, hurricane relief, and a TFA meltdown. A truly imaginative university.

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

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

The physician and the lady

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

Philanthropy makes the news

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.

Public land meets private donors. The result? Peerless parks.

John Paulson s Central Park gift, great female donors, John Arnold retires, sunsetting Jewish foundations, and more

On the centenary of the Rockefeller Foundation, it's worth remembering what its founder accomplished in his own 97 years.

Notable contributions to Americana from the Philanthropy Hall of Fame

It's not just a luxury

Reviving Ellington jazz for a new generation

The much-discouraged $30 million grant that changed a city, the case for naming gifts, art and resilience.

The Jazz Foundation cares for musicians in trouble, who in turn keep a heritage alive

If you had a pot of money to give to advance religious practice, where would you spend it?

Private equity investor Russ Carson applies his years in business to handpicking leaders and investments in philanthropy.

Police foundations support and even pioneer public-safety enhancements.

One of the largest libraries in the world is a product of private philanthropy

From work to school to arts to recreation, Pitt and Barbara Hyde show how to energize a hometown

An anecdotal call for crimping America's distinctive private philanthropy

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

Why givers prize the right to be anonymous

A roadmap to success, no matter what unfolds in Washington

The story of how American philanthropy built a Jewish homeland.

A loyal funder and a visionary took on tenement squalor, and won.

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

In search of virtuous entertainment

A king of capital on founding a high-school internship program, building a medical school in Qatar, and rescuing Carnegie Hall

The virtues of advertising, overhead, and other wicked ways of doing good

Why Utah is the charitable capital of the world

The founder of Amity Technology discusses his giving to rehabilitate the former Soviet Union and assesses Ukraine

Philanthropically supported groups helping students grow in their faith are embraced by participants, but also face threats

Donors give children the scholarships they need to excel in school and beyond

Giving for the religious. A Black Friday for donors. A Grinch-like plan for parks. The cost of a tax change. Medical marvels.

Conservative studies at the "Berkeley of the Rockies," the efficacy of child sponsorship, and more

Tuition at the Cooper Union, Bill Gates annual letter, Bloomberg at Johns Hopkins, and more

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

Which Americans give most to charity?

Meet Eli and Edythe Broad, winners of the 2013 William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership

A tale of unconventional givers

The Relay Graduate School of Education is revolutionizing teacher training