Catalyst for Foundation Reform Dies
The death of financier Louis Wolfson, whose dubious foundation payments to Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas led to the Justice’s resignation in 1969, was reported yesterday [and here]. Wolfson was…
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Billionaires for Big Government
The January 2008 edition of CRC’s of Foundation Watch looking into the workings of the Democracy Alliance is now available here. We have also taken a look at where Democracy Alliance…
Foundations and School Choice
Rick Cohen, of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, released a report earlier this month analyzing the role of conservative foundations in the “school privatization movement.” Though the…
Campaign Finance Reform: The Unintended Consequences
Nonprofits of all political stripes are injecting themselves into the presidential primaries in a big way, reports today’s Washington Post. Unlike the 527 political groups, which were big players…
The Clinton Connection
Today’s Washington Times has a fascinating article by Donald Lambro on Senator Hillary Clinton’s close ties to two hard-driving left-wing nonprofits — the Center for American Progress and Media…
The Bush Faith-Based Initiative: Why It Failed
Robert Woodson is one of the godfathers of the Bush Administration’s faith-based initiative. As president of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, Woodson has been a great proponent of tenant-management and tenant-ownership…