Why the rush? Some tycoons seem genuinely uncomfortable with their wealth. That was true of Chuck Feeney, a duty-free ...

The institution is in the former Gilded Age mansion of Andrew Carnegie, a setting that adds a frisson of American dream mythology to the experience—and a gobsmacking architectural backdrop that ...

A ‘podcast appearance’ by the father of modern philanthropy exposes the urgent need to let go of his teachings.

With April 15’s tax day still fresh in mind, this Behind the News explores the origin of the federal income tax and finds surprising comparisons between ...

Bill Gates will shut down the Gates Foundation and give away nearly all of his personal wealth over the next 20 years, the ...

That, Mr. Monks was told, was a paper mill’s nightly discharge of “junk” - machine oil and solvents - into the Penobscot ...

Because the US government has rarely offered full-throated support for the arts, there’s a long tradition of innovation, adaptation and collective action among American artists.

in what became known as the the Gilded Age. Private arts funding soared during this period, with some titans of industry, such as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, seeing it as their duty ...

a granddaughter of Thomas Carnegie, the younger brother of Gilded Age industrialist Andrew Carnegie. While at Harvard, Mr. Monks spent his summer breaks on work crews at an oil rig and a rail yard ...