Page numbers followed by n indicate note numbers.
AAF. See American Asthma Foundation
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, 161–162, 173
Aaron Diamond Foundation, 161, 162, 193, 294–295
ACBP. See Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies
ACHIEVE, 64
Advancing Water Management, 248–249
advocacy organizations, 175
Affordable Care Act, 54
African Soil Information Service (AfSIS), 244
AfSIS. See African Soil Information Service
Against Malaria Foundation, 85
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 134, 205
AllianceBernstein, 144
Alzheimer’s Disease Research, 249–250
America Forward, 75
American Asthma Foundation (AAF), 221
American Diabetes Association
Tour de Cure, 84
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy (Myrdal), 214
American Legislative Exchange Council, 11
American Paralysis Association, 220
AMP Incorporated, 186
Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies (ACBP), 173–174, 177, 239–242
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 135, 156
Andrus, John, 198
Anna Karenina (Tolstoy), 204
Annenberg, Ambassador Walter H., 199–200
Annenberg, Leonore (Lee), 199
Annenberg, Wallis, 199
The Annenberg Foundation, 199–200
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 51, 56
antipoverty foundations, 61–62
antismoking policies, 11
AP2, 66
Arabella Advisors, 78
Arabells Advisots, 30
Arthritis Foundation, 84
Arts Innovation and Management program, 262–263
Ascoli, Peter M., 102
Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions, 79
Atlanta Aquarium, 145
Atlantic Monthly, 103
The Atlantic Philanthropies, 54, 146, 159, 169–170, 174, 177, 181–182, 218, 245–246
Atwater, Verne S., 110–111
Avalon Foundation, 135
The AVI CHAI Foundation, 144–145, 172, 174, 177, 187, 250–251
AXA, 33
Babson College, 66
Bailin, Michael, 24
Baltimore Foundation, 60
The Barr Foundation, 31
B Corporations, xix
Beit AVI CHAI, 175
The Beldon Fund, 175, 181, 235–237
Benioff, Marc, 39
Bentham, Jeremy, 26
The Berkman Klein Center for the Internet & Society, 214
Berkshire Hathaway, 67, 177–178. See also Buffett, Warren
Bernholz, Lucy, 61
Bernstein, Zalman, 144–145, 183
Berresford, Susan, 117
The Bertelsmann Foundation, 56–57
Bezos, Jeff, 39
“BHAGs,” 30
Bike MS, 84
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, xvii, 10, 51, 52, 53–54, 145, 170, 177–181, 242–243. See also The Giving Pledge
billionaires, philanthropy and, 39–45
The Billionaire Who Wasn’t (O’Clery), 146
bKash. See Financial Services in Bangladesh
Blackbaud, 82
BlackRock, 33
Blackstone Group, 44
Bloomberg, Michael R., 39, 45, 67
Bloomberg Associates, 262
Bloomberg Connects, 263
The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, 262
The Bloomberg Philanthropies, 54, 213, 259–264
Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Innovation Teams (i-teams), 45, 262
Blue Meridian Partners, 50, 173, 230
Bluestone, Jeffery, 219
Bon, Lauren, 199–200
Booknik, 54
Borlaug, 165
The Boston Foundation (TBF), 30, 58–60, 78, 97
The Boston Globe, 44
Boulder Foundation, 60
Bradach, Professor Jeff, 30, 79, 230
The Brainerd Foundation, 171, 176, 256–259
The Bridgespan Group, 25, 30, 79, 169, 230, 290n9
Broad, Edythe, 54
Broad Foundation, 54
Bronfman, Charles, 192
Brown v. Board of Education, 214
Bruce, Alisa Mellon, 135
Buck, Beryl, 144
Buffalo Foundation, 60
Buffett, Warren, xvii, 39, 51, 67, 177–178, 179. See also Berkshire Hathaway; The Giving Pledge
Buhl, Alice, 152–153
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Collins and Porras), 29–30
Bundy, McGeorge, 32, 109, 117, 124
“The Burden of Wealth” (Rosenwald), 103
Bush, President George W., 121
CAF America. See Charities Aid Foundation of America
“Call to Serve,” 191–192
Canales, James, 31–32
capitalism, 118
foundations and, 116
CARE, Inc., 80
Career and Technical Education program, 263–264
Carer, Hodding III, 52–53
The Carlyle Group, xvii
Carnegie, Andrew, xviii, 28–29, 39–40, 91, 96, 97, 103, 139, 143–144, 154, 159, 160, 298n11
The Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2, 100, 194, 213–214
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, 100
Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, 99
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 100
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 99
Carnegie Hall, 99
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, 99
The Carnegie Institute, 99
Carnegie Institute of Technology, 99
The Carnegie Institution for Science, 99
The Carnegie Institution of Washington, 99
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 99
Carnegie-Mellon University, 99
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, 99
Carnegie Steel Corporation, 98
Carnegie Technical Schools, 99
The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, 99
Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, 100
Carson, Rachel, 6
Cascade Philanthropy Advisors, 63, 78
The Casebook for the Foundation: A Great American Secret (Schindler), 123, 194
Center for Community Self-Help, 117
Center for Documentary Studies, 220
Center for Effective Philanthropy, 36, 49
The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), 76–78
Center for Responsible Lending, 11
Center for Science in the Public Interest, 7
Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civic Society, 139
The Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, 32
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 117
Center on Wrongful Convictions, 221
Centre on Social Entrepreneurship, 43–44
CEP. See The Center for Effective Philanthropy
CF Leads, 61
The Chambers Group, 78
Chan, Dr. Priscilla, xvii, xviii, 40, 57. See also The Giving Pledge
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, xix
charitable giving
corporations, 5
individuals, 5
individuals by bequest, 5
Charities Aid Foundation of America (CAF America), 78
Charity Defense Council, 85
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, 202
The Charles Revson Foundation, 266–268
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, 23, 51, 56, 61
Chary, Meera, 169
China, 1
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, 220
The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 31–32, 33, 83, 169
Church Peace Union, 100
Citizen Schools, 75
civic leaders, 56–61
Civic Learning, 250
Civic Participation Action Fund, 54, 174
civic sector, US, 1–17. See also public policy
benefits of charitable giving, 9–15
charitable giving, 4–8
exemptions and charitable giving, 9–15
history, 3
size of, 3–4
tax incentives, 9–15
Civitas Institute, 127
Clark, Hays, 173
Clark Foundation, 50
Clean Air Act, 11
Clean Energy initiative, 261
ClearWay Minnesota, 171, 173, 176
The Cleveland Foundation, 56, 57, 58
Clinton, President Bill, 10, 53, 64, 117, 121
Clinton Global Initiative, 41, 79
CollegePoint, 263
Collins, John, 29–30
Columbia Law School, 190
Common Cause, 2
Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, 63
Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan, 23
Community Wealth Ventures, 63
Compact of Mayors, 261
Conserving California’s Landscapes, 248
Corporate Service Corps, 64
Corporation for National and Community Service, 52, 82
corporations
charitable giving, 5
social responsibility, 64–67
Council on Foundations, 51, 74, 79
“Counterweight to the NRA,” 54
Creating the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government, 191
Creative Commons, 214
Crown, Lester, 201–202
Crown Family Philanthropies, 202
Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, 86
Cycle for Life, 84
Cy Pres, 151–152
Cystic Fibrosis, 84
Daniels, Bill, 133
Daniels Fund, 133
David and Lucille Packard Foundation, 47, 74, 134, 199, 212
The Dead Hand (Hobhouse), 92
Dees, Professor Greg, 32
Delany, Peggy, 302n6
de Laune, Baron, 92
Deloitte, 75
The Democracy Alliance, 232
The Detroit Children’s Fund, 62
Detroit Free Press, 46
Detroit Institute of Arts, 117
Detroit’s Grand Bargain, 22
Development Media International, 85
Digital Giving Index, 82
Distinguished Grantmaking Through Collaboration, 51
Doerr Foundation, 194
Donald Pritzker Entrepreneursip Law Center, 221
donor-advised funds, 69–72. See also taxes
donor “neglect,” 132
donors
creation of foundations, 217–228
fidelity, 226–228
intent versus remorse, 146–147
joy of giving, 164–166
spend-downers, 143, 182–185, 201–202, 217–226
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 212
Downey, Robert, Jr., 84
Drucker, Peter, 29
Duke, James B., 226
Duncan, Arne, 223
Earned Income Tax Credits, 117
eBay, 43
Economic Development in Africa program, 264
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, 24, 49–50, 173, 230
education, 263–264
foundations, 247–248
reform, 10
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 101
Einstein, Albert, 31
Eleos Foundation, 176
Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, 54–55
The Emerson Collective, 43
endowments, 15–17. See also Carnegie, Andrew
perpetual, 100
Energy Foundation, 47–48
Charities Commission, 152
English Charities Commission, 91, 92
Enterprise Community Partners, 48
Entrepreneurs Foundation, 78
Environmental Defense Fund, 7
Environmental Protection Act, 11
Esposito, Virginia, 76
Everytown for Gun Safety, 264
Evidence Action, 85
Excellence in Giving, 78
Executive Alliance to Expand Opportunities for Boys and Men of Color, 49
Facebook, xviii, 40, 81–82, 223, 297n39. See also Internet
family foundations, 197–206
importance of nonfamily board members, 204–206
Farnell Electronics PLC, 204
FasterCures, 86
The F.B. Heron Foundation, 32–33
The Federalist Society, 123
Feeney, Charles, xx, 146, 147, 159, 162, 182
Feinberg, Mike, 222
fellowships, xviii
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, 78
Fidelity Investments, 69–70
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, 70
“50Fund.org,” 62
Financial Services in Bangladesh (bKash), 244
Fisher, Donald, 222
Fisher, Doris, 222
Fistula Foundation, 85
501(c)(4), 54
Flexner, Abraham, 97
Flora Family Foundation, 198
Forbes, 40
Ford, Henry, xiv
Ford, Henry II, 105, 107–119, 144, 147
Ford Foundation, xiv, xv, 1, 6–7, 10, 23, 32, 35, 48, 51, 56, 61, 105, 107–119, 144, 197, 212, 213
The Ford Foundation (A5water and Walsh), 110
Ford Trustees, 109
Fortune, 219
The Foundation (Fleishman), 45, 149
The Foundation Center, 41–42, 75–76
Foundation for Detroit’s Future, 22
Foundation for the Carolinas, 60
foundations, 301n1
advocacy organizations and, 175, 213–214, 230–231
character-building, 210–211
city-based antipoverty foundations, 61–62
classical music, 211–212
collaboration among, 45–53
collaboration with government, 212–213
collaborative giving on a regional basis, 63
community and civic leaders, 56–61, 72
corporate social responsibility, 64–67
creation, 217–228
departure, 173–175
donor intent after death, 134–135
endowed, 15–17
evolution, 51–53
family, 197–206
filling a void, 172–173
founder’s projects, 264
founding of first, 160
goals, 175–176
government and, 175–176
grantmaking decisions, 24–25
investments, 176
literature, 211
medical, 209
mission, 186–187
operational support and overhead, 34–37
partnerships among, 47–51
performing arts, 211–212
perpetual, 179, 180, 184–185, 193–196, 207–215, 264–271
poetry, 211
political, 210
public infrastructure in a digital age, 214
religious, 209–210
research, 213–214
successor organizations, 175
support of capitalism, 116
“Foundations” (Turgot and de Laune), 92
Foundation Strategy Group (FSG), 76, 79–80
founder grants, 250
France, 92
Fred Hollows Foundation, 85
Freedom Fund to End Slavery in the World, 49
Friedman, Dr. Henry, 169
Fulton, Katherine, 61
Fund for Nonprofit Management, 29
Fund for Shared Insight, 50–51
Gaither, H. Rowan, 107–108, 109
Galle, Professor Brian, 15–16
The Gap Corporation, 222
Gardner, John, 2
Gates, Bill, 39. See also The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; The Giving Pledge
Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS), 245
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, 243
Gayle, Helene, 80
GDP. See gross domestic product
General Motors Corporation, 206
Generosity by Indiegogo, 83
GEO. See Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
George Gund Foundation, 134
Germany, 92
Gerstner, Louis V., 64
Gill, Tim, 232
The Gill Foundation, 54, 171–172, 254–256
GiveWell, 27
“Giving Credit Where It Is Due,” 66
The Giving Pledge, xvii, 41–42, 141, 177–178, 202. See also Buffett, Warren; Gates, Bill
signers, 273–281
“Giving Tuesday,” 83–84
“Giving While Living,” 98, 139–170
age and, 140–145
donor intent versus donor remorse, 146–147
fear of bureaucracy and stagnation, 148–151
fear of dwindling value, 155–157
fear of obsolescence, 151–152
fear of timidity, 153–155
influence of venture capital, 141–143
joy of giving, 164–166
needs of today, 158–162
older rich and, 143–145
philanthropists, 190–193
social returns, 162–163
time limits and, 166–170
trustees and, 152–153
unwillingness to burden children, 147–148
youth and, 140–141
Glass Pockets, 75
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, 85
Global Brain Health Institute, 169–170, 218
global development, 244–245
global health, 243–244
Global Ocean Legacy Collaborative, 49
Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), 243, 260
The Global Road Safety Program, 260
global warming, 167–168
GMS. See Gates Millennium Scholars
Goldman Sachs Foundation, 66
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, 70
Goldmark, Peter, 48
Goliath phenomenon, 140
Good to Great and the Social Sectors (Collins), 30
Gore, Al, 44
Gose, Ben, 33
The Gospel of Wealth (Carnegie), 40, 91, 96, 97, 103, 139, 143
Goss, Kristin, 289n24
government
collaboration with foundations, 212–213
foundations and, 175–176
innovation, 261–262
GPEI. See Global Polio Eradication Initiative
GPR. See Grantee Perception Report
The Grable Fundation, 265–266
Grand Bargain, 23–24, 33, 35–36, 45–47
GrantCraft, 75
Grantee Perception Report (GPR), 77
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO), 36, 49, 74, 74, 79
grants
foundation decisions, 24–25
founder, 250
recently concluded initiatives, 249–250
support, 249
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, 57
Greenpeace, 1
Greensboro Foundation, 60
Grogan, Paul, 58–61
Gromeier, Dr. Matthias, 169
Gross, Bill, 27
gross domestic product (GDP)
China and, 48
in the United States, 3–4
Growth Capital Aggregation Funds, 49–50
Growth Strategy Inc., 78
The Hagedorn Foundation, 171, 175
Harris, Alex, 220
The Harvard Business Review, 80, 141
Harvard Business School (HBS), 29, 32, 73
Social Enterprise Initiative, 32, 73
Harvard Law School, 190
Harvard University, 156–157
Harvard Women’s Health Letter, 209
Hassenfeld, Elie, 27
HBS. See Harvard Business School
Heald, Henry T., 109
Heard, Alexander, 111, 115–116
Hennessy, John, xviii
Hewlett, Flora, 134
Hewlett, William, 134
Hewlett Foundation, 48, 199, 210, 212
Heyman, Ronnie, 190
Heyman, Samuel J., 190–192
Heyman Fellowship Program, 190
Hobhouse, Sir Arthur, 92
Hoffman, Paul G., 109
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 218
Humanity United, 49
Human Rights First, 7
Human Rights Watch, 7
Hunting, John, 175
Ibargüen, Alberto, 45–46
IBC. See Ice Bucket Challenge
IBM, 64–65
Ice Bucket Challenge (IBC), 84, 297n39
ILC. See Instructional Leadership Corps
Improving Foundation Effectiveness Collaborative, 49
income
charitable giving by individual, 5
disposable, 5
An Inconvenient Truth (film), 44, 214
The Independent Sector, 2
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, 67
Innovation Fund, 52
Innovations for Poverty Action, 85
Inside Philanthropy, 85
Instructional Leadership Corps (ILC), 248
Internal Revenue Code, 156, 232
Internal Revenue Service, 5, 69–70
International Finance Corporation, 66
Internet, 84, 86, 214. See also blogs; Facebook
interviewees, 283–286
Iodine Global Network, 85
Irwin Sweeney Miller Foundation, 152–153
Israel Democracy Institute, 145
Issue Lab, 75
i-teams. See Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Innovation Teams
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation, 204
Jacobs Family Foundation, 174
JDRF. See Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Jewish Agency for Israel, 192
Jews, 184. See also AVI CHAI Foundation; Bernstein, Zalman; Taglit Birthright Israel
Jobs, Laurene Powell, 39, 43, 222–223
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 22–23, 47
John Merck Fund, 175–176
The John M. Olin Foundation, 112, 173, 193, 238–239
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, 135
Johns Hopkins University, 264
Johnson, President Lyndon, 2, 109, 165
Johnson, Robert Wood II, 135, 154
Johnson & Johnson, 135
Joint Committee on Taxation, 289n23
The Joyce Foundation, 56
JPMorgan Chase, 33
The Julius Rosenwald Foundation, 173, 237–238
The Julius Rosenwald Fund, 103, 193
Jumpstart, 75
Jurist, 93
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
Rides to Cure Juvenile Diabetes, 84
Kaiser Family Fund, 52
Kasper, Gabriel, 61
Kavli Foundation, 48
Kempner, Aviva, 103
Kennedy, Chris, 297n39
Kennedy, President John F., 109
Kennedy, Robert, 190
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, xviii
Kibbe, Barbara, 74
Kickstarter, 75
King, Martin Luther, 158
KIPP Academies, 22
Kirsch, Vanessa, 74
Kiva, 83
Klausner, Professor Michael, 162–163
KL Felicitas Foundation, 33
Knight, Philip, xviii
Knight Foundation, 23, 45–46, 52–53
Knight Newspapers, 135
Knight Ridder chain, 46
Knowledge Is Power Program, 222
Koch, Charles, 39
Koch, David, 39
Koestler, Arthur, 221
Koppel, Ted, 214
Kozol, Jonathan, 171
Krehbiel, Liam, 25
Kresge, Sebastian, 134
The Kresge Foundation, 21–22, 33, 45–46, 77, 134
“Six Core Beliefs,” 22
KR Foundation, 48
Lady Gaga, 84
“League of Nations,” 101
“League of Peace,” 101
Leap of Reason initiative, 63
Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity (Morino), 63
The Legatum Foundation of Dubai, 49
legislation
Brown v. Board of Education, 214
Clean Air Act, 11
Environmental Protection Act, 11
equal housing and fair lending laws, 11
North Fork Watershed Protection Act, 176, 258
Obergefell v. Hodges, 172
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), 10
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 10
Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act, 176, 258
Welfare-to-Work, 117
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 75
Lever Fund, 62
Levin, Dave, 222
The Life You Can Save, 85
Lights Out (Koppel), 214
Lilly, Ruth, 211
Lilly Endowment, 209–210
limited liability company (LLC), 43
Lincoln Memorial, xvii
Lipsky, Michael, 51
LISC. See Local Initiatives Support Corporation
literature, 211
Litow, Stanley S., 64
Living Goods, 86
LLC. See limited liability company
loan programs, 252
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), 48, 58, 213
London Summit on Family Planning and FP2020, 244–245
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, 11
Lupton, Jack, 220
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, 125
MacArthur Foundation, 48
Madison, President James, xvii
The Madison Initiative, 48
Maimonides, Moses, xvii, 160, 229, 302n23, 307–308n1
Managing the Nonprofit Organization: Practices and Principles (Drucker), 29
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, 10, 117
Marcus, Bernard, 39, 145, 154, 193
Marcus Autism Center, 193
The Marcus Foundation, 145, 154
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, 195–196
Marshall Plan, 109
Martin, Roger, 83
Massachusetts Juvenile Justice Pay for Success Initiative, 75
The Maternal and Reproductive Health Program, 260
Math in Common Initiative, 247
Mauze, Abby Rockefeller, 199
Mayer, Jane, 231
McCance, Henry, 86
McCloy, John J., 109
McKinsey & Company, 80
McKinsey Social Initiative, 80
McKnight, William, 134
The McKnight Foundation, 47, 134
The Meadows Foundation, 269
“The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship” (Dees), 32
Medicaid, 4
medicine, 209
Mellon, Paul, 135
MenAfriVac (Sub-Saharan Africa Meningitis Group A Vaccine), 243–244
Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, 47
Meyerson, Adam, 118, 128–129, 132–133
“mezzanine” investors, 7, 289n21
Miami Foundation, 60
Milker, 219
Minter, Steve, 58
Miracle-Gro, 175
Mitchell, Ted, 223
Monitor Group, 74–75
“moon rockets,” 141
Morby, Jacqui, 86
Morby, Jeff, 86
Morgan, J. P., 98
Morgan Stanley, 33
Morino, Mario, 63
Morino Institute, 63
Moskovitz, Dustin, 39, 40, 42, 223–225
M-PESA, 244
M+R Strategic Services Benchmark Study, 82
music, 211–212
Musk, Elon, 39
My Brother’s Keeper, 49
Myrdal, Gunnar, 213–214
NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 7
National Board for Professional Teacher Certification, 194
National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCEP), 76
National Community Development Initiative, 48
National Employment Law Project, 55–56, 167
National Endowment for the Arts, 13
National Information Standards Organization (NISO), 214
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 84
National Public Radio (NPR), 52, 154, 165
natural disasters, 208
Natural Resources Defense Council, 7
NBC, 193
NCEP. See National Center for Family Philanthropy
Neier, Aryeh, 195
NETA/Bishvil Ha’lvrit, 251–252
Network for Good, 82
New Hampshire Foundation, 60
New Markets Tax Credits, 11
New Profit, Inc., 74–75
Newsweek, 120
New York Community Trust, 70
The New Yorker, 84
Next Generation Science Standards Early Implementation Initiative, 247–248
NGOs. See non-governmental organizations
Nicholson, Dr. Celeste, 209
Nike, xviii
911 National Emergency Response Telephone Number, 222
NISO. See National Information Standards Organization
non-governmental organizations (NGOs), 1, 64
nonprofit organizations
“poor-serving” versus “all-serving,” 14
preoccupation with mission and strategies, 29
sources of revenue, 4
Nonprofit Quarterly, 82
North Fork Watershed Protection Act, 176, 258
NPR. See National Public Radio
Oak Foundation, 48
Obama, President Barack, 14, 49, 66, 121, 257–258
Obamacare. See Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Obergefell v. Hodges, 172
The Obesity Prevention Program, 260
O’Clery, Conor, 146
Old Dominion Foundation, 135
Omidyar, Pierre, 39, 42–43, 232
Once Acre Fund, 86
“On the Brink of New Promise: The Future of US Community Foundations” (Bernholz, Fulton, and Kasper), 61
Open Society Foundations, 1, 45, 56, 194, 195
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation, 1
Osberg, Sally, 83
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 66
Oxfam International, 86
Pacific Northwest, 245
Packard, David, 12
Packard Foundation, 48
Palevsky, Joan, 57
Paragon Philanthropy, 78
Parker, Sean, 39, 148–149, 169, 218–219
The Parker Foundation, 219
The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, 169, 219
Participant Media, 44
The Partnership for Public Service, 190–192
The Partnership to Eradicate Polio
description, 260
Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-Tech), 65
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), 10
Peace Palace, 101
Pell Grants, 165–166
performing arts, 211–212, 220, 262–263
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 10
Peterson, Pete, 44
Pew, J. Howard, 128
Pew Charitable Trusts, 47, 49, 51, 54, 128, 209–210
philanthropic graveyards, 142
The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI), 30, 78
philanthropy. See also public policy
collaboration among foundations, 45–53
collaborative giving on a regional basis, 63
evolution, 8
“golden age,” 81–86
“impact achievement,” 26–28
informal conglomerate, 42–45
infrastructure, 72–81
investing for impact, 28–34
long-lasting, 207–215 “pay-for-success,” 31, 290n14
social change and, 39–67
time-limited, 8
“watchdogs,” 85
young billionaires and, 39–45
Philanthropy Advisors, 78
Philanthropy Directions International, 78
“Philanthropy Engaged: The Post 2015 Agenda,” 76
Philanthropy News Digest, 75
Philanthropy Roundtable, 118, 128, 131, 134, 135, 149
Piereson, James, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125
PIMCO, 27
Pinette, John, 179
poetry, 211
The Poetry Foundation, 211
Poetry Magazine, 211
politics, 210
Population Services International, 86
Porras, Jerry, 29–30
Portfolio Investors, 48
Possible, 86
Powell, Dina Habib, 25
Pre-Army Mechinot (Zionist Leadership Academies), 252–253
Premier Industrial Corporation, 204
Prewitt, Kenneth, 160
PRIs. See program-related investments
Pritzker, J. B., 221
Pritzker Family Foundation, 221
PRIZMAH: The Center for Jewish Day Schools, 174
Program on Creativity and Free Expression, 212
program-related investments (PRIs), 32
Project Healthy Children, 86
The Prostate Cancer Foundation, 86, 219
P-Tech. See Pathways in Technology Early College High School
Public Art Challenge, 263
Public Broadcasting System, 154
public health, 259–260
public policy. See also civic sector, US
advocacy to change, 56
initiatives, 10–15
philanthropy and, 53–67
Public Welfare Foundation, 56
“Quitplan,” 173
Race to the Top initiative, 10, 54
Reader’s Digest Association, 135
Reagan, President Ronald, 121
Reinharz, Jehuda, 204
religion, 209–210
Results for America, 230
Rhode Island Foundation, 60
Rich, Motoko, 55
Ridder Publications, 46
Right to Play, 75
Rimel, Rebecca, 129–130
Ripken, Cal, Jr., 51
Robertson Foundation, 54–55
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), 11, 53, 77, 134–135, 194, 207, 222
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, 135, 150
Robert W. Woodruff, Lettie Pate Whitehead, Lettie Pate Evans, and Joseph B. Whitehead Foundations, 270–271
Robin Hood Foundation, 25, 62, 63
Rockefeller, David, Jr., 302n6
Rockefeller, David, Sr., 146
Rockefeller, Jay, 302n6
Rockefeller, John D., Jr., 199, 302n6
Rockefeller, John D., Sr., xviii, 28–29, 39–40, 96–97, 105, 146, 159, 302n6
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, 199
The Rockefeller Foundation, 47, 48, 56, 78, 79, 132, 146, 194, 207, 302n6
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research, 165
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, 30, 76, 78, 80–81
Rockefeller University, 165
Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act, 176, 258
Rogers, David, 205
Roob, Nancy, 50
Roosevelt, President Franklin D., 103
Roosevelt, President Theodore, 101
Rosenwald, Julius, xx, 102–105, 120, 149, 151
Rosenwald: The Remarkable Story of a Jewish Partnership with African American Communities (Kempner), 103
Ross, Robert, 49
Rothschild, Lord Jacob, 146, 203–204
Rothschild, Mrs. James, 203
The Rothschild Foundation, 203–204
Rouse, James, 48
Russia, 1
RWJF. See Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Sachs, Samuel, 155
Sall, John, 200
The Sall Family Foundation, 200–203
Samual N. and Mary Castle Foundation, 265
Sandler, Herbert, 221
Sandler, Marion, 221
Sandler Center for Basic Asthma Research, 221–222
San Francisco Foundation, 60
Santikos, John L., 57
The Saturday Evening Post, 104
Scaife, Richard Mellon, 125
Schindler, Steven, 123
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, 86
Schusterman, Lynn, 202–203
Schwab Charitable Fund, 70
Schwarzman, Stephen A., 39
The Science Philanthropy Alliance, 48
Scotland, 98
S. D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation, 174–175, 225, 246–247
SDG Philanthropy Platform, 76
Sean N. Parker Auto-Immune Research Laboratory, 219
Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research, 219
Sears, Roebuck and Company, 102
Second Swedish National Pension Fund, 66
Seldon, Willa, 169
Senerchia, Anthony, 297n39
Senerchia, Jeanette, 297n39
Seton Hall Law School, 190
Seva Foundation, 86
Shulman, James, 156
Silent Spring (Carson), 6
Silicon Valley Community Foundation, 57
Singer, Professor Peter, 85
The Skillman Foundation, 23, 62
Skoll, Jeff, 39, 43–44, 214, 232
Skoll Foundation, 43
Sloan, Alfred P., 154
“Smarter Cities,” 64
“The Smarter Cities Challenge,” 64
social change, philanthropy and, 39–67
Social Change Initiative, 174
Social Good Team, 81
Social Initiative, 80
Social Innovation Fund, 52
social media. See blogs; Facebook; Internet
Soros, George, 1, 39, 45, 194, 195, 232
Souter, Supreme Court Justice David, 190
Spacey, Kevin, 51
spend downers, 143, 182–185, 201–202, 217–226
Spotlight, 44
Stanford Social Innovation Review, 79, 80
Starr, Steve, 120
Stasch, Julia, 22–23
State Priorities Partnership, 51
STEM disciplines, 171–172, 206, 256
Stier, Max, 190–191
Stone, Christopher, 195
Stone, Deanne, 186
Strategic Philanthropy, 78
“The Study Committee,” 107–108
The Surdna Foundation, 198, 212
Surowiecki, James, 84
Sviridoff, Mitchell, 6–7
Swift, Taylor, 84
Taglit Birthright Israel, 166, 192
TaL AM, 251
taxes. See also donor-advised funds
exemption, 12
incentives in the civic sector, 9–15
TBF. See The Boston Foundation
Teachers Insurance and Annuities Association, 99
Teach for America, 222
10,000 Small Businesses, 67
Ten Thousand Women, 25
10,000 Women initiative, 65–67
Theiler, Max, 194
Thomas, Franklin, 117
3M Corporation, 134
Tierney, Thomas, 27, 30, 79, 230
Timberlake, Justin, 84
“Time for Change” (Stasch), 23
A Time for Truth (Simon), 112
Tipping Point Community, 25, 62, 63
Tobin, Professor James, 17
Tolstoy, Leo, 204
TomKat Foundation, 45
TPI. See The Philanthropic Initiative
Trebor Foundation, 135
trustees, 152–153
The Trust for Public Land, 47
Tubney Charitable Trust, 49
Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques, 92
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals, 75–76
Tzohar, 253
UBS, 33
United States
civic sector, 1–17
Civil Rights movement, 214
disposable income, 5
Great Recession 2008–2011, 5, 16
model of American giving, 96–97
Supreme Court, 12
US Constitution, 2
welfare programs, 117
World War I, 101
United Way Worldwide, 79
Universal Giving, 83
“The University and College Faculty Salaries and Hospital Grants Program,” 109
US Agency for International Development (USAID), 80
USAID. See US Agency for International Development
US Libraries, 245
US Marine Corps Iwo Jima War Memorial, xvii
US Steel Corporation, 98
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, 70
venture philanthropy, 97
Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP), 63
Vibrant Oceans, 261
The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, 271
“Virtuous Capital: What Foundations Can Learn from Venture Capitalists” (Letts, Ryan, and Grossman), 32
von Humboldt, Wilhelm, 92
VPP. See Venture Philanthropy Partners
Wadsworth, Homer, 58
Waiting for Superman, 214
Walker, Darren, 23–24, 33, 35–36, 45–47, 213
Walk Free Foundation, 49
Wallace, Dewitt, 135
Wallace, Lila Acheson, 135
The Wallace Foundation, 135
Wall Street Journal, 118, 128–130
Walmart, 80
Walsh, Dr. Patrick, 219–220
Walsh, Evelyn C., 110–111
Walter and Evelyn Haas, Jr. Fund, 54
Washington, Booker T., 103
Washington Monument, xvii
Wealth, 98
Weaver, Warren, 109
Weingarten, Charles Annenberg, 199–200
Weingarten, Gregory Annenberg, 199–200
The Weingart Foundation, 34
Weiss, Lowell, 63
What Works Cities, 262
Wheeler, Tom, 222
Whitaker, Uncas A., 186
The Whitaker Foundation and Helen F. Whitaker Fund, 186, 239
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 47, 134, 198, 212
Williams, William Carlos, 211
W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 135
“Women Hold Up Half the Sky,” 65
“Womenomics,” 65
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 75
“World Community Grid,” 64
World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, 44
World War I, 101
World Wide Web consortium, 214
Wright, Robert, 193
Wright, Suzanne, 193
XQ: The Super School Project, 223
“Yad Hanadiv,” 203
Yale Law School, 190
Yoon, Sangwon, 26
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