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Unexpected American legacies

Meet the (non-Catholic) patron saints of inner-city Catholic education

Frederick M. Hess reviews Steven Brill s new book on recent developments in K 12 education reform

Meet the Venezuelan-American family that teaches universal values to promote character education

Leading international donors and development experts weigh in on three important questions.

Six things to consider when preparing to fund disaster relief

What s to be gained from private giving to Uncle Sam s military academies?

In business and philanthropy, Michael Milken has found ways to drive capital to promising upstarts and get them moving.

Notable contributions to Americana from the Philanthropy Hall of Fame

On the centenary of the Rockefeller Foundation, it's worth remembering what its founder accomplished in his own 97 years.

Notable contributions to public policy from the Philanthropy Hall of Fame

The much-discouraged $30 million grant that changed a city, the case for naming gifts, art and resilience.

Hunting human traffickers. Moral formation through music. Airplane ambulances. The philanthropic payoff to an artistic addiction.

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

How a handful of nonprofits, developers, and donors are cementing education reforms, one brick at a time

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

K-12 surprise in Illinois. The millionaire next door. One acre, 500,000 farmers. The codemaster and his hidden donor.

On buying the Magna Carta, understanding university culture, and interviewing Oprah.

Teacher unions ratchet up efforts to organize charters. How worried should donors be?

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

A half-billion-dollar philanthropically funded mega-project created one of the most unusual museums in the world.

Transforming Teacher Education

The Republican investor on running NPR for $1, how to be an effective board member, and his very own dinosaur.

SPLC on the warpath. The truth on foreign aid. Getting bluegrass in the black. Making Americans. An Oscar for humanitarianism.

The most consequential developments after 25 years of charter schools.

Bruce and Suzie Kovner give to schoolchildren, music students, and policymaking. Here's how and why.

Henry Folger made it his life s work to gather up scattered British treasure and bring it to America for conservation

Learning from Newark

Many donors are putting big bucks into college athletics. What are they getting in return?

De Blasio s funding fantasy. A billion for charters. Newspaper nonprofit? Tough teacher ratings work. Smart brain philanthropy.

Students learn good habits plus culinary skills at Food For Life

Teaching Together hires adults with cognitive disabilities as Catholic-school classroom aides

Hard-won knowledge on how donor-funded litigation can improve our country

Our oldest and youngest Secretary of Defense is also a philanthropist

Winnings for cancer. The church grocery. Protecting donor intent.

The Hewlett Foundation wants to improve the effectiveness of our political debates

Purpose-driven organizations help veterans transition to civilian life

Where are the old-line veterans charities headed?

How one donor found satisfaction in helping a unique community

Donors are increasingly using expert intermediaries to bundle and target their giving

Venture for America is bringing entrepreneurial vim and vigor to unexpected corners of our country

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

The case for donors to get involved with schools of education

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

With major support from Tad Taube, the Polin Museum honors a millennium of Jewish history

The Hobby Lobby president describes his forthcoming Museum of the Bible

The Youth Orchestra of the Americas is bringing symphonic beauty to new audiences, thanks to Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg

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

The founder of Amity Technology discusses his giving to rehabilitate the former Soviet Union and assesses Ukraine

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

Charity rises in China. Disrupting the textbook market. Flight of the ospreys. A murky future for donor-advised funds.

An award-winning nonprofit leader is hauling junk out of our grimiest rivers.

How donors can help teachers acquire the skills they need.

Donors give children the scholarships they need to excel in school and beyond

Schools need better teaching, not more money: Bill Gates. Celebrity philanthropy fizz. Bureaucracy-ridden sluggards.

A donor-funded conference educates the media on faith

Training the next generation of conservative journalists

The charter school boom ahead

Churches and donors lift thousands of children out of the foster-care bureaucracy

Keeping older Americans independent with timely acts of charity

What educators abroad have to teach American reformers

A transcontinental tour of local giving in all 50 United States

The real reason for keeping the government s hands off of the charitable deduction

Breakthroughs in K 12 Education

Our schools won t thrive until the charter ethic replaces the urban school district itself, says this leading reform expert.

For years now, she has been at the forefront of the educational-reform movement.

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

Is blended learning the disruptive innovation of K 12 reform?

How donors helped create a movement for national standards

An open letter to the Ford Foundation on inequality.

Chicks on camera. Couch-surfing in disaster zones. Teacher's union fights for facelifts. One million missing Christians.