
Nonprofit Spotlight: Birch Community Services
Birch Community Services gives away food and asks for life-change in return.
Birch Community Services gives away food and asks for life-change in return.
Our oldest and youngest Secretary of Defense is also a philanthropist.
Winnings for cancer. The church grocery. Protecting donor intent.
By the standards of the $9 billion William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, its Madison Initiative is not (yet) a large project. But Larry Kramer, president since 2012, has been aiming toward something like it for many years.
An e-learning entrepreneur brings cut-rate practical degrees to far-flung corners of the world.
How foundations sunset, and the reasons it’s becoming popular.
Who says bricks-and-mortar philanthropy isn’t effective?
There’s a table in David Weekley’s office, well known among Houston’s nonprofit leaders. “Large, green, marble-top,” Young Life vice president Eric Scofield describes it with a playful shudder.“If you ever Read more…
Texas stereotypes may conjure up plains and cattle but, as in the rest of the country, most of Texas’s population and wealth resides in the cities. And those cities have recently become some of the most philanthropic places on earth.
Featuring Kim Dennis, Gara LaMarche, Roger Hertog, and Chris DeMuth.
National defense may seem like the last place philanthropy could have a role. Here’s some little-known history to make you think again.
Purpose-driven organizations help veterans transition to civilian life.
A government system rates veterans as incapable, but philanthropy can change that.
Where are the old-line veterans’ charities headed?
In the Summer issue of Philanthropy magazine, Joanne Florino, The Philanthropy Roundtable’s senior vice president for public policy, explains why a new federal bureau for investigating charity is a terrible idea.
In For Love of Country: What Our Veterans Can Teach Us About Citizenship, Heroism, and Sacrifice, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and Washington Post associate editor Rajiv Chandrasekaran argue that it is imperative for U.S. citizens to become more engaged with our troops.
It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. And invention is the father of philanthropy, because it creates the wealth that enables great generosity. Now a dazzling new book uncovers philanthropy’s grandparentage.
The Paradox of Generosity presents data showing that givers are kinder to their neighbors, find themselves in better health, report having a strong life purpose, and generally describe themselves as “very happy.”
What if we’re looking in the wrong place for cures to poverty? If we search out what it is that banishes need and fills wants for most people, the answer is obvious: work. Poverty is one part economics, one part psychology—work helps both.
A scholar and Navy SEAL shares his secrets for reintegrating vets at home.