Few higher ed funders are willing to address the sector’s unsustainable cost structure. But a new partnership between Charles Koch’s Stand Together and Arizona State University takes the issue head-on.
Read MoreThe children of America’s richest people won’t just control vast fortunes in the future. Some are already top givers themselves or have moved into leadership positions within leading family foundations.
Read MoreThe Charles Koch Foundation has quietly become one of the largest supporters of research on criminal justice reform. Most recently, it gave nearly $5 million to support a new center headed up by a leading legal scholar at Duke.
Read MorePhilanthropy has been largely passive as endless wars and soaring defense spending have diverted resources away from pressing domestic challenges. Now, in a striking collaboration, George Soros and Charles Koch aim to disrupt the status quo.
Read MoreCharles Koch’s foundation has been giving millions for research and policy advocacy aimed at reducing mass incarceration, changing sentencing laws, and other criminal justice reforms. But this funding isn’t as a surprising as it might seem.
Read MoreThe MacArthur Foundation’s investment in reforming U.S. jails is now approaching $150 million. It’s increasing funding amid what it says are “promising results and an appetite for more reform” among local officials.
Read MoreWhile a court ruling on Koch giving to GMU recently affirmed the veil of privacy that often surrounds university gifts, various stakeholders feel they have a strong interest in knowing what campus donors expect in return for their money.
Read MoreThe billionaire is giving millions to universities to promote a less interventionist U.S. foreign policy. It's a ripe moment for such grantmaking, with the public weary of war and an "America First" populist in office.
Read MoreIt's often hard to know what strings are attached to campus gifts since the agreements between universities and donors are rarely made public. Foes of Koch higher ed giving are demanding more transparency.
Read MoreKoch backing of the anti-poverty group Stand Together is part of a larger shift toward a kinder and gentler philanthropic profile—after years of bad press. Now, NFL star Deion Sanders is in the mix.
Read MoreJon Huntsman, who's given away over a billion dollars, is more known for fighting cancer than big government. So what's he doing teaming up with a lightening rod donor like Charles Koch?
Read MoreThe Kochs have given a fortune trying to downsize government programs that help African Americans. So what should we make of their latest big gift to black colleges?
Read MoreMaybe it's time to stop thinking about academia as a bastion of liberalism—since barely a month goes by when we don't hear news of another campus conservative gift. Here's the latest big one.
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