Mine Rescue, by Fletcher Martin, 1939. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.

Philanthropy

Volume VIII, Number 3 | summer 2015

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Pennies from Heaven

Lewis H. Lapham

Treasure in Heaven

Peter Brown

Philanthropy in the End Times

Curtis White

Map

Money Trails

Miscellany

A prime minister protects prostitutes.

Not even a teacup.

Love for man and animals.

No flashing, please.

Mussolini helps an enemy.

Garth Brooks versus the hospital.

Tolstoy on the origins of misfortune.

Hunt of a lifetime.

Burning witches isn’t cheap.

Moneyball.

W.H. Auden’s surprising gift.

Jesus of Nazareth leads hobo army on Jerusalem.

The gift tax.

What good is a mission?

Strings attached.

Useless people.

Voices In Time

Bread Is Better Than Circus

44 BC | Rome

Benefits Plan

c. 60 | Rome

Proof Is in the Pudding

1929 | Chicago

Getting Satisfaction

1545 | Florence

Articles of Incorporation

c. 197 | Carthage

Intentional Fallacy

1757 | Paris

Prix Fixe

1796 | London

Edifice Complex

1906 | Chicago

Give It Up

2010 | Seattle

Out in the Cold

1914 | Paris

Mightier Than the Scepter

1596 | Venice

The Ladder of Charity

1178 | Cairo

Saving the Forest for the Trees

1908 | Washington, D.C.

Don’t Patronize Me

1755 | London

Exemption Rules

1954 | Washington, D.C.

Overhead Costs

c. 1250 | France

Withholding the Wicked Dollar

1841 | Concord, MA

Tools of the Trade

2010 | New York City

It Takes a Village

1905 | New York City

Rating the Exchange

1916 | Trobriand Islands

Making Them Pay

c. 1150 | Nottinghamshire

Feed the Children

1969 | Oakland

The Bigger Man

c. 330 BC | Athens

Call of Duty

1860 | London

The Jewel in the Crown

1601 | London

The Cruelty of Kindness

1922 | New York City

Preaching the Gospel

1889 | Pittsburgh

Preeminent Domain

316 | Japan

Justice Is Not Blind

1536 | Basel

All-Nighter

1862 | Falmouth, VA

Visitation Rites

1883 | New York City

Through the Eye of a Needle

c. 30 | Judea

Good Neighbors

1825 | Georgia

Foundress of Nothing

c. 1870 | London

Charts and Graphs

Naming Rights

Uncommon Causes

Mankind Was Their Business

Apples to Apples

Do You Hear the People Sing?

Match the Mission

Clean-Up Crews

Earthly Reasons

Everybody Gets a Car!

Contributors

Conversations

Edward III & Carol Liu

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