Walmart
U.S. discount retailer based in Arkansas
Walmart grants $4M to support workforce education
Walmart and the Walmart Foundation s funding includes $2.4M to the Foundation for California Community Colleges to launch an online community college to serve adult learners and $1M to edX to help launch a series of courses in "MicroBachelors" programs.
Lending a Hand
How Dale Dawson is helping rebuild Rwanda, one small loan at a time
K-12 Education
Notable contributions to K 12 education from the Philanthropy Hall of Fame
Fall 2017 - Interview with Orville Rogers
This 99-year-old runner explains how his Christian faith moved him to serve in the military and donate upwards of $34 million
Fall 2017 - Briefly Noted
Veterans and chefs help in Houston. Broken instrument symphony. Ronald McDonald House marathons. Midwest wildlife preservation.
Making Miracles in Memphis
From work to school to arts to recreation, Pitt and Barbara Hyde show how to energize a hometown
Damaging Solutions in Search of a Problem
An anecdotal call for crimping America's distinctive private philanthropy
Winter 2015 - Briefly Noted
A Secret Santa. Disaster giving. Taxing church attendance. Adopt a neighborhood.
Heartland Art
A new exhibit at Alice Walton's Crystal Bridges Museum showcases the full range of American artistry
Investigative Philanthropy?
Local news and research journalism as charity causes
Summer 2013 - Embarrassment of Riches?
A new book on the "problem of vast individual fortunes" is a little threadbare
They Shall Overcome
Meet the K 12 reform donors who strategically balance charitable giving, legislative advocacy, and direct political engagement.
Summer 2016 - Interview with Jim Gibbons
Goodwill's CEO discusses social enterprise and the power of work.