The line between charity and politics can be extraordinarily blurry. This is problematic, as politics is inherently quarrelsome and divisive, and these are words that very few would use to describe charity. It would also likely come as a surprise to ordinary Americans—the ones ultimately incentivizing the tax-exempt sector—since most people have a rather-solid personal understanding of the sorts of things that are “charitable” in nature.

Is it, or at least should it be, charitable to fund political-advocacy protest over controversial sociopolitical issues? Our colleague Robert Stilson calls it “megaphone philanthropy,” and perhaps the prototypical practitioner of “megaphone philanthropy” is the Marguerite Casey Foundation, the $800 million funder of some of the most radical activists within American politics’ Overton Window. Robert joins us to discuss Marguerite Casey Foundation and its “megaphone philanthropy.”…

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