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The Long and the Short of Emergency Cash Grants

A few donors have for years employed small personal gifts as a charitable tool. Now many others are experimenting with the same technique among a new population those laid off in our virus lockdown.

Natural Advantages

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

Road Trip

Interesting charities encountered in our travels. With a special focus this installment on some very personal approaches to art philanthropy in Florida.

Interview with Tom Lewis

An Arizona homebuilder with a Kentucky heart and MBA head.

The Online Evolution

College over the Internet has surprised in many ways

Garden of Gratitude

How Alan Ashton's side project to support his family produced an international company and a local landmark.

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.

The Fearless Philanthropist

How Jon Huntsman doubled down his efforts to treat and cure cancer.

Fall 2012 - Briefly Noted

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

Led to Equality

A new history reveals the wealthy philanthropists behind suffrage and other feminist advances

School and Home

Boarding programs and other charter innovations mix elements of family life and education for foster kids in need of both

Summer 2017 - Briefly Noted

Home life and scholastic success. A baseball all-star gives back. Children and animals on Noah's Ark. BYU student animators.

What Next?

Reactions to the roadmap

Micro Lending, Major Impact

How the maker of SweetTARTS is combining friendship and capital in one tangy dose

The Dinosaur Discoverer

How a misfit revolutionized paleontology with a big boost from philanthropy

Champion Givers

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

Solving the $2 Trillion Problem

The Laura and John Arnold Foundation mixes research and politics to help solve today's public-pension crisis

They Shall Overcome

Meet the K 12 reform donors who strategically balance charitable giving, legislative advocacy, and direct political engagement.

DoNation

Which Americans give most to charity?