A forest path divides in two different directions
A forest path divides in two different directions
Mapping Pathways to Economic Opportunity: A Guide for Donors

What kind of job opportunities do young people say they want? And what kind of employment opportunities exist?

GDT Podcast / Episode 61

This week on the Givers, Doers, & Thinkers Podcast, Walter McDougall shares his insights on civil religion, American “hustlers,” and our desire to repair the world.

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Lift Notes: A Small but Mighty Weapon in Direct Mail

In direct response fundraising, attention to small details can yield big results. Cue the humble lift note endorsement.

Good Friday: A Day for the Crucifix

Studying Grandpa’s elaborate remembrance of Christ’s passion and death.

Spotlight

The Frustration with Innovation

Bright Shiny Object Syndrome and its effect on the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy is power—for better and for worse

Considering the principle of “subsidiarity” as a way to untangle the complex relationship between philanthropy, power, and justice.

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America’s Good Friday

The nation’s reaction to the death of Abraham Lincoln, 160 years ago.

America at 250: The Givers, Doers, & Thinkers Podcast Explores the Past, Present, and Future of American Civil Society

A new season of the podcast will feature givers, doers, and thinkers reflecting on the role philanthropy has played in forming American exceptionalism.

Where Once Embattled Voluntary Association Members Stood, Or . . . Hoorah for the Minute Men

The Battles of Lexington and Concord, remembered rightly on their semiquincentennial, Were Where Gunpowder and Civil Society Sparked History’s Greatest Nation.

Conservative Economics and Humble Pie

A reflection on Oren Cass and Jeremy Beer’s conversation on the rising costs of flourishing in America.

Protecting America’s Elderly from Social Isolation

America’s elderly are unprecedentedly lonely. In a bipartisan, multigenerational push, people are fighting to bring them back to the center of society.

Charity Done Right

While shocking nonprofit chicanery has found itself in the media spotlight, the story of one West Texas charity deserves to be told and to inspire.