Philanthropy

Anand Giridharadas joins Andrew Marantz to talk about the ultra-wealthy people supporting the progressive movements that want to end the plutocracy.

Leaders of the social movement had no way to know that FTX would collapse. But they also had every incentive to ignore warnings.

Critics say that big-time donors wield too much power over their fellow-citizens and perpetuate social inequality. But don’t cancel Lady Bountiful just yet.

From the archive: a celebration of things given and received.

Eleanor Randolph, a biographer of the former mayor, and Andrea Bernstein, a WNYC reporter who covered his three terms, analyze his approach to governing and philanthropy.

A video showing a Good Samaritan’s act of kindness ends in a twist.

From The New Yorker’s archive, pieces that show that philanthropy isn’t only fascinating in itself but also a window into the structure of the contemporary world.

Are today’s donor classes solving problems—or creating new ones?