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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.

Rapid Response

A venerable Ohio nonprofit quickly patched the mask shortage for major hospitals

Spring 2019 - Briefly Noted

Data-driven child welfare, Bloomberg boosts civic innovation, mother-daughter volunteering, the local scholarship that swept the country.

Higher Education

Notable contributions to higher education from the Philanthropy Hall of Fame

Briefly Noted

Winds of change for charters. Science charity. Suing your alma mater. $100 million and a crowd.

Higher Ed, Lower Costs

An e-learning entrepreneur brings cut-rate practical degrees to far-flung corners of the world

Patriots and Papers

Philanthropists fulfill George Washington's dying wish and build a Presidential library

Drug Donors

While some philanthropists fought for decades to legalize marijuana, others are gearing up to address undesirable consequences

Nature Philanthropy

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