Cultural Benefits Transfer
A group of museums around the United States is providing poor families with unprecedented access to exhibits and activities.
Greg Beato
Flush With Equality
Amid pushbacks against LGBTQ rights elsewhere, a New York City executive order ensures equal access to bathrooms.
The “Better” Bet
Ariadne Labs, founded by Atul Gawande, seeks to improve outcomes by getting health-care organizations to adopt proven interventions.
Thriving on Failure
In cities all around the world, entrepreneurs are gathering to discuss the flubs, flops, and fiascos that punctuate their careers.
The Park That Paid Off
The Presidio Trust represents an alternative model for funding and managing a public asset. Includes magazine extras.
From Petitions to Decisions
After Change.org placed petitions at the center of its platform, the size of its membership soared. But operating a high-volume petition site isn’t enough for its leaders. Includes magazine extras.
Growth Force
A few years ago, the Salesforce.com Foundation revamped its revenue model. Today, it's not just a grantmaker. It's a rapidly expanding software vendor.
An Rx for Surplus Meds
The Dispensary of Hope is distributing unused pharmaceuticals to patients who need them.
Bridging the Generations
Older people and foster families are forming mutually supportive communities, with help from a group called Generations of Hope.
Housing the Homeless
Common Ground helps reduce the number of people sleeping on New York City streets by opening residential buildings for the homeless and impaired.
Sexually Transmitted Altruism
DKT International, founded by one of the largest erotica distributors in the United States, provides contraceptives to approximately 50 million people a year in the developing world.