United Kingdom

Reborn as a Modern State

Reversing the Rhodes Scholarship

Home Libraries From an Entertainer

Rockefeller Foundation's Contributions to Antibiotics

Two great humanitarians put themselves at personal risk by plunging into viral pandemics

Private giving extends even into national defense.

When extremists leave prison, who helps them find a new life?

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

An Arizona homebuilder with a Kentucky heart and MBA head.

Philadelphia

Museum slated for Philadelphia's Independence Mall

Giving thanks for Boston's charitable houses of worship

Unexpected American legacies

Olivier Zunz s new book is a good, if limited, history of 20th century American foundations

Philanthropy makes the news

From the Winter 2012 symposium on international giving

Meet the Venezuelan-American family that teaches universal values to promote character education

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

President's note

Are the big foundations really the agents of American imperialism?

Niall Ferguson s civil society, not-so-sweet lemonade buyers, Greeks bearing gifts, and more

The remarkable legacy of Rockefeller-funded Nobel laureates

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

A descendant examines her ancestry from philanthropists to slave traders

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

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

If you had a pot of money to give to advance religious practice, where would you spend it?

Private equity investor Russ Carson applies his years in business to handpicking leaders and investments in philanthropy.

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

Tax Reform and Philanthropy's Three Percent Solution

Americans use technology for comfort, not revolution

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

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

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

The story of how American philanthropy built a Jewish homeland.

You thought only government could do defense? Think again!

Aid for Assyrians. A monk's secret to schooling. Anonymous animal lovers. Rescuing an orchestra.

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

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

Donated lands have become some of our most beautiful national treasures.

Help veterans with disabilities stand on their own

Today's schools are inhospitable to many young males

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