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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.

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

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