Pennsylvania

The Barnes Collection has opened in its new home in Philadelphia, yet its saga leaves a cautionary tale behind in Merion

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

We are in the midst of a harsh counterrevolution against school reform, and severed heads are beginning to pile up.

The bipartisan coalition includes former and current public officials and organizations across the state, including Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.

Philadelphia

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

The man behind the person-to-person approach

Museum slated for Philadelphia's Independence Mall

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

A cautionary tale

...are recent, unsavory, and unnecessary, says this Constitutional authority

Rags to riches in real life. Vets achieving independence. A pilgrimage to Israel for $500. Behind the scenes at Gettysburg. Leonard Leo's legal network. The power of small givers.

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

How Dale Dawson is helping rebuild Rwanda, one small loan at a time

University M&A, the Jersey way; the college name game; donor intent in Virginia; and more.

Meet the donors who have taken it upon themselves to launch new colleges

A descendant examines her ancestry from philanthropists to slave traders

Notable contributions to economic opportunity from the Philanthropy Hall of Fame

Notable early American philanthropists, from the Philanthropy Hall of Fame

Boarding programs and other charter innovations mix elements of family life and education for foster kids in need of both

Teacher unions ratchet up efforts to organize charters. How worried should donors be?

K-12 surprise in Illinois. The millionaire next door. One acre, 500,000 farmers. The codemaster and his hidden donor.

Censorship by Google. A modern-day good Samaritan. A quarterback gives back. Charter school experimentation.

Look outside cities for today's neediest classrooms

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

Want to get America back to work? Stop overlooking the thousand schools that serve half of America's higher-ed students

Philadelphia's New Museum of the American Revolution is a long-overdue landmark

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

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

How an improvising leader and ten donors brought the Bible to unreached peoples.

Catholic schools are on the cusp of resurrection

How foundations sunset, and the reasons it s becoming popular

Purpose-driven organizations help veterans transition to civilian life

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

A new exhibit at Alice Walton's Crystal Bridges Museum showcases the full range of American artistry

Donors convert old rail lines into popular recreation trails

A small foundation uses focused academic, media, and activist grants to redirect a policy debate

Gerry Lenfest reflects on $1.2 billion of personal giving

The Laura and John Arnold Foundation mixes research and politics to help solve today's public-pension crisis

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

Which Americans give most to charity?

For years now, she has been at the forefront of the educational-reform movement.

Breakthroughs in K 12 Education

Philanthropist Jeff Skoll is putting money and talent behind silver-screen social reform

Investments in middle-skill jobs can open powerful paths to prosperity

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