Crafts furniture manufacturing firm founded by Gustav Stickley. In 2011, he wrote a White House memoir. A storytelling cookbook, regional culture guide, and celebration of localism that he co-created with two of his three children, called Finger Lakes Feast, was published in 2012 and widely reviewed. Zinsmeister returned to Washington to serve as vice president at the Philanthropy Roundtable, an association of donors, where he produced more than a dozen books, 40 magazine issues, 50 podcast episodes, and many other products. These include his 2016 illustrated book What Comes Next? How private givers can rescue America in an era of political frustration—which examines the relationship between politics and philanthropy in America, and presents a strategy for attacking national problems even if politics is gridlocked. The Almanac of American Philanthropy, is his authoritative 1,342-page resource on the significance and history of the U.S. charitable sector. From Promising to Proven, assesses the national importance of charter schools, and Agenda Setting, is about how private donors transform American governance. Books he has edited in recent years include two examining the country's best programs for job re-training and helping difficult populations like the homeless, released prisoners, former addicts, and welfare recipients succeed in the workforce. Catholic School Renaissance, analyzes the revival of inner-city Catholic schools and why that is important to the nation. Serving Those Who Served is a manual for the new field of philanthropy for veterans, service members, and their families—where Zinsmeister has been a leader, growing out of his military reporting and his veterans work at the White House. Zinsmeister has conducted in-depth research on the inventive power and importance of science philanthropy, which has powered innovations ranging from the world's greatest telescopes to medical breakthroughs like blood typing; organ transplants; vaccines for polio, yellow fever, and many other diseases; fundamental genetic discoveries; and seminal brain research; along with many other discoveries. He has uncovered much nearly unknown American philanthropic history, including essays on medical research, the importance of anonymity to private giving, even the existence of "national-security philanthropy" in the U.S.—by which donors have made crucial contributions to defense of the nation. He has analyzed who gives most to charity in the U.S., and tracked the rise of donations by Americans for overseas development work. He has catalogued the private philanthropy that was crucial to creation of the state of Israel. His biographies of great philanthropists include profiles of Julius