United States Senate
upper house of the United States Congress
A Stroll Through Community Life
Philadelphia
Foundation Nation?
Olivier Zunz s new book is a good, if limited, history of 20th century American foundations
Symposium on International Giving
Leading international donors and development experts weigh in on three important questions.
Back to Bill
How the Daniels Fund lost sight of Bill Daniels, clawed its way back and is preserving donor intent into the far future.
Briefly Noted
K-12 surprise in Illinois. The millionaire next door. One acre, 500,000 farmers. The codemaster and his hidden donor.
Winter 2016 - Books in Brief
Learning from Newark
Fall 2015 - Interview with Bruce Kovner
The trading titan on investing in ideas and policy, school choice, and music
Spring 2015 - Changing Hearts, Minds, and Laws
History shows that donors can have big, healthy effects on public policy if they are prepared
Fall 2014 - Four Brothers and the Apocalypse
A biography of the Koch family offers a fascinating window into their life and philanthropy
Gas Heat
A small foundation uses focused academic, media, and activist grants to redirect a policy debate
Solving the $2 Trillion Problem
The Laura and John Arnold Foundation mixes research and politics to help solve today's public-pension crisis
Common Core's Uncommon Rise
How donors helped create a movement for national standards
Changing the World Through Storytelling
Philanthropist Jeff Skoll is putting money and talent behind silver-screen social reform