Plutocrats or Pluralists?
A critique of philanthropic influence in public life starts with the wrong assumptions
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Local Value makes Good Gifts
How a community foundation gives modest givers strength in numbers and major givers on-the-ground expertise
Locavore Lifeline
The hidden secret of an impromptu effort to feed hurricane victims
The Sins of Our Fathers
A radical judgment on philanthropy does little to inspire or inform
A Stroll Through Community Life
Philadelphia
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
How one determined family rallied their community to transform a once-deserted corner of Indianapolis
Contagious Caring
A community in Shreveport, Louisiana, changed its future by connecting neighbors to each other
How to Be a Loyal Local Giver
Advice from American foundations on staying close to home
Garden of Gratitude
How Alan Ashton’s side project to support his family produced an international company and a local landmark.
Connecting the Bots
Steve Ballmer, who joined Microsoft in its infancy and eventually spent 14 years as CEO, built his career on a technology that has revolutionized modern professional life. But in the Read more…
Girl Power
Year after year, the United States ranks near the top of countries whose citizens actively volunteer their time—creating a thick web of civic life, and contributing to some of the Read more…
Supporting the Samaritans
A wealthy industrialist who was a pioneer in the American tobacco industry, James Buchanan Duke had a vision for a healthy Carolinas that is still honored by the endowment he Read more…
Interview with Leo Linbeck
In Leo Linbeck’s office in Houston, Texas, is a long table, and on that table are scores of white baseball hats.
Spring 2019 – Briefly Noted
Connecting the Bots Steve Ballmer, who joined Microsoft in its infancy and eventually spent 14 years as CEO, built his career on a technology that has revolutionized modern professional life. Read more…
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Save Lives
A Consensus Study Report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Character Education At Scale
The Positivity Project
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Household Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs
From the American Journal of Preventative Medicine
Gilder Lehrman Institute Puts Students on Stage with Hamilton
Unique program, inspired by the musical, creatively teaches history of the Founding Era.
Philanthropic Prod for Public Innovation
Michael Bloomberg, business titan and philanthropist perhaps best known for his stint running a small town called the Big Apple, has issued the call to other city leaders: the best Read more…
All Donors Need More Education Not Just the Wealthy
The recent wave of books and articles criticizing American philanthropy and billionaire donors is missing an important point.