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Protecting Children Where Government Didn’t
The Long and the Short of Emergency Cash Grants
A few donors have for years employed small personal gifts as a charitable tool. Now many others are experimenting with the same technique among a new population those laid off in our virus lockdown.
Interview: Putting a Panic Into Perspective
A round robin with eight leading authorities on philanthropy, medicine, and national governance
Philanthropy is Rocket Science
Private giving extends even into national defense.
The Exchange
Real problems, Mo giving, buildings for charter schools, donor privacy, RealClearJournalism, how donors can help break policy logjams.
Giving by Degrees
Practitioners look at academic programs in philanthropy
Spring 2019 - Briefly Noted
Data-driven child welfare, Bloomberg boosts civic innovation, mother-daughter volunteering, the local scholarship that swept the country.
Spending Down
A mid-size foundation seeks a lasting impact on public policy.
Gifts from the Grave
Unexpected American legacies
The Calculating Philanthropy of Silicon Valley
How giving in America is changing under the growing influence of tech donors
Winter 2012 - Briefly Noted
Philanthropy makes the news
Unto the Nations
Is the focus of American evangelicals shifting overseas?
New U.
Meet the donors who have taken it upon themselves to launch new colleges
Summer 2012 - Books in Brief
Short reviews of new books on Alfred Nobel, Coke s corporate philanthropy, the Carnegie Museum, and more
America's Disappearing Givers
Three recent studies show an alarming decline in the number of givers over the past decade.
Fall 2017 - Settling for Stasis
Americans use technology for comfort, not revolution
Building Builders
A Christian polytechnic university takes after its inventive founder
Revving Economic Engines at Community Colleges
Want to get America back to work? Stop overlooking the thousand schools that serve half of America's higher-ed students
Privacy as a Philanthropic Pillar
Why givers prize the right to be anonymous
Winter 2017 - Briefly Noted
Glittering glass out of the ashes. Unions block charters. Life-and-death nonprofit work. Crowdsourcing art.
The Art of Public-Policy Philanthropy: Fighting for School Reform
Featuring Chester Finn, John Kirtley, Fred Klipsch, Betsy DeVos, and Thomas Carroll
Changing of the Guard
Where are the old-line veterans charities headed?
A New Way to Serve
Venture for America is bringing entrepreneurial vim and vigor to unexpected corners of our country
Champion Givers
A 15-year update on the winners of the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership
Walk the Line
Donors convert old rail lines into popular recreation trails
From Promising to Proven
The charter school boom ahead
New Balance
Training the next generation of conservative journalists
Investigative Philanthropy?
Local news and research journalism as charity causes
Donating a Motive to Strive
Oil money pipeline funnels kids to college
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.
Spring 2013 - Interview with Eli Broad, the Investor
This visionary philanthropist details progress on his efforts to dramatically improve American K 12 education.
Playing the Long Game
Meet Eli and Edythe Broad, winners of the 2013 William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership
The Power of Science Philanthropy
Why private funding is so important to the experimenting that makes us smarter, healthier, and richer