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Outsmarting Albert Barnes
The Barnes Collection has opened in its new home in Philadelphia, yet its saga leaves a cautionary tale behind in Merion
Spring 2019 - Briefly Noted
Data-driven child welfare, Bloomberg boosts civic innovation, mother-daughter volunteering, the local scholarship that swept the country.
The White Sheep of the Brown Family
A descendant examines her ancestry from philanthropists to slave traders
Founding Funders
Notable early American philanthropists, from the Philanthropy Hall of Fame
Winter 2017 - Blue-Collar Banking
Against governmental opposition, early Americans created savings vehicles to boost the working class
Spring 2016 - Nonprofit Spotlight: SquashBusters
Turning urban squash into food for academic success
From Promising to Proven
The charter school boom ahead
Solving the $2 Trillion Problem
The Laura and John Arnold Foundation mixes research and politics to help solve today's public-pension crisis
They Shall Overcome
Meet the K 12 reform donors who strategically balance charitable giving, legislative advocacy, and direct political engagement.
Playing the Long Game
Meet Eli and Edythe Broad, winners of the 2013 William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership