global international and intergovernmental organization

U.N. Headquarters

Rockefeller Keeps the U.N. in U.S.

National Security Philanthropy

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

Victory!

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

Rescuing the Survivors

Six things to consider when preparing to fund disaster relief

Stopping the Slaughter

Meet the Houston investor who is protecting Africans from Joseph Kony.

Building America

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

Winter 2018 - Briefly Noted

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

Founding Funders

The story of how American philanthropy built a Jewish homeland.

Winter 2016 - Briefly Noted

A record gift to Catholic schools. Paul Allen continues to battle Ebola. Knights rescue the oppressed.

Spring 2015 - Briefly Noted

Seafaring savior. A long-lost battleship. Enabling a book thief. Philanthropy vs. charity. Why give operating support?

Champion Givers

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

Home, Land, Security

Pierre Omidyar discovers that property rights are the key to helping the poor