Beware of Blind Spots
Two veteran social reformers encourage the Ford Foundation not to overlook the tough elements that are essential to the success of tough love in combating economic inequality.
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Summer 2016 – Interview with Jim Gibbons
Goodwill’s CEO discusses social enterprise and the power of work.
The Power of Science Philanthropy
Why private funding is so important to the experimenting that makes us smarter, healthier, and richer.
Summer 2016 – Interview with Denny Sanford
Denny Sanford on his $1.4 billion in giving to medical research, physics, and more.
Summer 2016 – Nonprofit Spotlight: EarthEnable
A healthier $30 alternative to dirt floors.
Summer 2016 – Briefly Noted
Chicks on camera. Couch-surfing in disaster zones. Teacher’s union fights for facelifts. One million missing Christians.
Good Blue-Collar News That Donors Can Use
Investments in “middle-skill” jobs can open powerful paths to prosperity.
Summer 2016 – Educating Entrepreneurs
Want to increase prosperity by cultivating the next generation of wealth creators? Six things to consider.
A Watchdog with Only One Eye
“The history she describes is not hidden, and the people she writes about are not radicals.” A review of author Jane Mayer’s book Dark Money: This very selective “exposé” distorts reality.
Summer 2016 – President’s Note
Reasons to join us in Charleston.
Summer 2016 – No Such Thing as a Free Gift
Is the Gates footprint too big?
The Quiet Man Behind the Computer Revolution
Gordon Moore’s tech vision changed modern times. He wants his giving to change life 10,000 years from now.
Mediocrity Be Gone
The Relay Graduate School of Education is revolutionizing teacher training.
Changing the World Through Storytelling
Philanthropist Jeff Skoll is putting money and talent behind silver-screen social reform.
Home, Land, Security
Pierre Omidyar discovers that property rights are the key to helping the poor.
Fall 2013 – Briefly Noted
Ethics from Singer. Giving tips from Buffett. Billions from Christians. Careers for the homeless.
Introduction: Arts & Culture
Despite its comparatively short history, the United States has become one of the most artistically and culturally rich societies in the world. It is largely private philanthropy that has done Read more…
Twelve missteps that undermine your donor intent
When it comes to protecting your philanthropic legacy, the pitfalls are many. There is a reason so many foundations drift in their missions over time.
Giving It All Away: Strategies from the Spend-down Experts
James Piereson and Gara LaMarche former heads of two foundations, one spent down and one spending down, discuss their experiences at the 2011 Philanthropy Roundtable Annual Meeting.
Spending Down vs. Perpetuity: How to Achieve Your Charitable Objectives”
In this Philanthropy Roundtable discussion at the 2010 Annual Meeting, the heads of the Randolph Foundation and the Atlantic Philanthropies make the case for spending down, while leaders from the Read more…