The Washington Post
daily broadsheet newspaper in Washington, D.C.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
A Foundation Acts Like a Venture Capitalist, and Scores Big
Imagination Library, Dolly Parton
Home Libraries From an Entertainer
No Giver Is Safe
Ad hominem attacks and sweeping arguments are gradually poisoning the American public on philanthropy
The Exchange
Real problems, Mo giving, buildings for charter schools, donor privacy, RealClearJournalism, how donors can help break policy logjams.
Briefly Noted
University M&A, the Jersey way; the college name game; donor intent in Virginia; and more.
A Welfare System That Works
The Latter-day Saints are proving that private citizens can support a vast and effective social welfare system.
Parenting the Privileged
Dynastic wealth can hurt children. Can philanthropy help?
Seven Results of the Charter-School Revolution
The most consequential developments after 25 years of charter schools.
Spring 2016 - Are College Sports Out of Control?
Campus athletics are growing, but not exploding
Briefly Noted
De Blasio s funding fantasy. A billion for charters. Newspaper nonprofit? Tough teacher ratings work. Smart brain philanthropy.
The Passion and Pitfalls of Giving to College Sports
Many donors are putting big bucks into college athletics. What are they getting in return?
Summer 2015 - The Other One Percent
A philanthropist champions those who defend the country
Giving Made Easy
Donor-advised funds are bringing new convenience to philanthropy
Fall 2014 - Four Brothers and the Apocalypse
A biography of the Koch family offers a fascinating window into their life and philanthropy
Summer 2014 - Briefly Noted
Charity rises in China. Disrupting the textbook market. Flight of the ospreys. A murky future for donor-advised funds.
Gas Heat
A small foundation uses focused academic, media, and activist grants to redirect a policy debate
Profit and the Free Press
An ink-stained veteran doubts that philanthropy can solve today's crisis in journalism
New Balance
Training the next generation of conservative journalists
Investigative Philanthropy?
Local news and research journalism as charity causes
Building Religion IQ in Reporters
A donor-funded conference educates the media on faith
Winter 2014 - President's Note
Philanthropy does not shut down
Summer 2013 - Don't Disable Wounded Veterans With Money
Philanthropists who want to help must consider long-term incentives and put self-reliance at the heart of their giving
Spring 2013 - Briefly Noted
Tuition at the Cooper Union, Bill Gates annual letter, Bloomberg at Johns Hopkins, and more
Blending, Upending
Is blended learning the disruptive innovation of K 12 reform?
Changing the World Through Storytelling
Philanthropist Jeff Skoll is putting money and talent behind silver-screen social reform