Winter 2017 – Letter to the Editor
Ford’s Darren Walker on inequality.
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Winter 2017 – Briefly Noted
Glittering glass out of the ashes. Unions block charters. Life-and-death nonprofit work. Crowdsourcing art.
Bad Donors, Good Results
Human kindness and charitable success aren’t necessarily linked. That’s one of the paradoxes of philanthropy.
Privacy as a Philanthropic Pillar
Why givers prize the right to be anonymous
Winter 2017 – Males Beyond the Pale
An invisible army of able-bodied men are not working, and getting away with it.
Winter 2017 – The Art of Being There
One man’s dark childhood sheds light on how to transform lives at risk.
2 Million Dollars 1 Billion Souls
How an improvising leader and ten donors brought the Bible to unreached peoples.
Philanthropy or Social Activism?
With the valuable pro bono hours they volunteer, lawyers can change lives, or change the country.
Fall 2016 – Nonprofit Spotlight: Woodlawn Cemetery Preservation Training Program
Old graves offer new vocational possibilities.
Fall 2016 – Briefly Noted
Little platoons on pontoons. Crisp progress in the Big Apple. Nonprofits brace for new overtime rules.
Interview with Julian Robertson
The wizard of Wall Street on small-town values, big-city schools, and seeding a new generation of philanthropic leaders.
Seven Results of the Charter-School Revolution
The most consequential developments after 25 years of charter schools.
Fall 2016 – Minor Characters
The NEA and NEH have minimal roles in U.S. arts and letters.
Fall 2016 – Improving Political Diversity on Campus
Can philanthropy help mend our one-party universities?
How Private Givers Can Rescue America in an Era of Political Frustration
A roadmap to success, no matter what unfolds in Washington.
What Next?
Reactions to the roadmap.
Spring 2016 – Are College Sports Out of Control?
Gilbert Gaul argues in his new book, Billion-Dollar Ball, that athletic programs at a number of major universities have become so lucrative that it should be questioned whether they deserve to be considered part of higher education and entitled to various benefits.
Spring 2016 – Redefining Usury
How a self-interested banker helped millions of people prosper. In this book review we learn about Jacob Fugger, who lived from 1459 to 1525, and the ways he powerfully nudged the modern world into existence.
Spring 2016 – Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern
The poor Guggenheim.
The Art of Public-Policy Philanthropy: Fighting for School Reform
Featuring Chester Finn, John Kirtley, Fred Klipsch, Betsy DeVos, and Thomas Carroll.