Successes of Philanthropy

[This post is part of the Successes of Philanthropy series, a sponsored project of the Washington Monthly. Learn more here.] On May 12, 2014, thousands of Chicago residents participated in one of the country’s boldest, most innovative civic experiments. At breakfasts, lunches and dinner tables across the region; in restaurants, churches, offices and family homes; […]

[This post is part of the Successes of Philanthropy series, a sponsored project of the Washington Monthly. Learn more here.] I didn’t plan to become a financial counselor for the poor. The role grew out of a deep friendship with members of a Methodist church in a densely poor, black “ghetto” in West Philadelphia. I […]

[This post is part of the Successes of Philanthropy series, a sponsored project of the Washington Monthly. Learn more here.] In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy rampaged through the East Coast, bringing 80-mile-an-hour winds that destroyed homes, downed trees and left more than 5 million people in the mid-Atlantic region without power. The total damage was […]

[This post is part of the Successes of Philanthropy series, a sponsored project of the Washington Monthly. Learn more here.] A neighborhood is defined by more than streets on a map. There’s a pulse that beats through it – a sense of belonging that connects individuals, families, and businesses. Columbus, Ohio, is a rapidly growing […]

In America, more so than in other countries, philanthropies play a unique and important role of supporting innovative policy experiments that, when successful, often become the basis of future government actions. These successful innovations, however, tend to be under-covered by the press, and there has been no single place where citizens and public officials can […]