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A RealClearPolitics spinoff from the Spring 2020 issue of Philanthropy magazine

Private giving extends even into national defense.

Take an overseas tour with a one-of-a-kind nonprofit that uses charitable micro efforts to blunt foreign threats

We need a stronger civil society, but middle Americans are better off without institutions that talk down to them

Why philanthropy is often the best choice for solving public problems.

Combining science and religion in a bold yet humble way

And is the falloff a good or bad thing?

How donors helped win a war of ideas and how they can do it again

Desh Deshpande is bringing the market to MIT's labs

Stephanie Deutsch s new book details the unlikely collaboration between Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington.

Private philanthropy has nearly eradicated polio an accomplishment that echoes earlier victories over smallpox and hookworm

Meet Bernie Marcus, winner of the 2012 William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership

The Cliburn piano competition uses grassroots contributions from thousands of volunteers to elevate an elite art form

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

This 99-year-old runner explains how his Christian faith moved him to serve in the military and donate upwards of $34 million

A billionaire s ambitious plans to send stamp-sized spacecraft light years away

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

SPLC on the warpath. The truth on foreign aid. Getting bluegrass in the black. Making Americans. An Oscar for humanitarianism.

How a $1,000 grant rocked two warring cultures

Little platoons on pontoons. Crisp progress in the Big Apple. Nonprofits brace for new overtime rules.

The story of how American philanthropy built a Jewish homeland.

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

The trading titan on investing in ideas and policy, school choice, and music

Our oldest and youngest Secretary of Defense is also a philanthropist

You thought only government could do defense? Think again!

Venture for America is bringing entrepreneurial vim and vigor to unexpected corners of our country

A 15-year update on the winners of the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership

A biography of the Koch family offers a fascinating window into their life and philanthropy

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

The donor couple discusses endangered birds, marriage, and more

Churches and donors lift thousands of children out of the foster-care bureaucracy

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