Charitable foundations must be flexible and innovative in preparing the United States for an unprecedented era of change, former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich told a gathering of the country's philanthropic leaders in Pittsburgh.
"We may be facing the largest scale of change since Abraham Lincoln in 1861," said Mr. Gingrich, whose half-hour speech marked the end of the Washington, D.C.-based Council of Foundations' three-day conference.
The conference attracted about 1,600 of the country's top philanthropists, who [among other things] heard Mr. Gingrich label poverty, education and the rise of India and China as evolving issues that will shape America's future.
"Either America changes itself very substantially in its capabilities, or we cease to be the leading country in the world. There is no third alternative."
[Excerpt of an article by Ryan Haggerty, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
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