In Memoriam: David Koch
Billionaire industrialist and philanthropist David Koch passed away this week at the age of 79. He and his older brother, Charles Koch, were often marked by the Left as the…
Philanthropy
A Conversation with Howard Fuller: Part 1
Born in January 1941 in Shreveport, La., Howard Fuller is one of the country’s foremost civil-rights and parent-choice activists. As described in his autobiography No Struggle No Progress: A Warrior’s Life…
A Conversation with Howard Fuller: Part 2
I think that when you do the kind of work that I tried to do over the years, and this is what I tell young people, everybody has to draw…
Donor Advised “Dark Money”?
One complaint often raised by liberals is that donor-advised funds (or DAFs) are “dark money” tools for mega-donors to funnel cash to advocacy groups with virtually no IRS oversight. In Nonprofit Chronicles, Marc…
Hillsdale College Sues University of Missouri over Neglect of Donor Intent
This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on August 6, 2019. Since this interesting case hit the news cycle, four people have suggested to me that I ought to write…
Philanthropy Might Benefit from more Generalists Instead of Specialists, Too
This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily’s Giving Review on July 31, 2019. For his new bestselling book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, David Epstein studied and…
A Look at how one Mega-donor Chooses to be Actively Involved in his Giving
Of all the projects philanthropists fund, perhaps the least controversial are foundations devoted to science. If a donor gives money to build telescopes or support vaccines, only flat earthers and…
Higher Education: Government Funding and Philanthropic Involvement
If you wonder why college costs are so high, and why they keep rising, one answer would be the substantial amount of federal aid that goes to these schools, either…
New “Giving Review” at Philanthropy Daily
The Giving Review, a new part of Philanthropy Daily, is offering that which its three co-editors think is an underrepresented worldview in the public discourse about philanthropy in…
Observations and Recommendations on Education Grantmaking
In the first part of this series, I looked at the ideas of American Enterprise Institute fellows Frederick Hess and Brendan Bell, on how philanthropists interested in education can be more effective.