Philanthropy

Philanthropy
The Problem with Giving Tuesday
Remember when Silicon Valley hacked the cold-press juice market? In 2013, Doug Evans—a self-proclaimed Steve Jobs-like savant—laid plans to bring his $700, Wi-Fi-enabled, fruit and vegetable squeezer, Juicero Press, to…
by Jeffrey Cain on December 3, 2024

Book Profile, Philanthropy
Philanthropy’s Corruption of Politics, and Vice Versa
From his perspective as a University of Oxford political philosopher, Theodore M. Lechterman has introduced a richly substantive critique of philanthropy’s anti-democratic nature to the rising number of such critiques…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 29, 2024

Philanthropy
Recent Books, Mostly By Liberals Or Progressives, Presciently Critiquing Progressive Philanthropy’s Effects
“By the Trump years, the Democratic party blob was collectively better coordinated, more politically focused, and much butter funded than ever before. Law, technology, and political polarization all came together…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 20, 2024

Philanthropy
“Roger Federer Philanthropy”
Retired tennis great Roger Federer’s well-received commencement address at Dartmouth College last June is worth the time for you to read or view for several reasons, but among them are…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 19, 2024

Philanthropy
Stephen Moore’s 2017 Call for Philanthropy Reform in The Wall Street Journal
After describing several tax benefits of which those who create private charitable foundations can take advantage, conservative economics commentator Stephen Moore writes in a November 23, 2017, Wall Street Journal…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 13, 2024

Philanthropy
Jeffrey Hart’s 1969 Call for Philanthropy Reform in National Review
“C. Wright Mills, from the Left, called it the Power Elite. William Buckley calls it the (liberal) Establishment. But whatever it’s called, the large tax-exempt foundation is one of its…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 12, 2024

Philanthropy
A Conversation with John Ehrett (Part 1 of 2)
During a panel discussion about the strained and deteriorating relationship between conservatism and corporations at the National Conservatism conference last July in Washington, D.C., Capitol Hill staff attorney and writer John…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 23, 2024

Philanthropy
A Conversation with John Ehrett (Part 2 of 2)
During a panel discussion about the strained and deteriorating relationship between conservatism and corporations at the National Conservatism conference last July in Washington, D.C., Capitol Hill staff attorney and writer…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 23, 2024

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Modern Age’s Daniel McCarthy (Part 1 of 2)
The editor of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute journal talks to Michael E. Hartmann about recent developments in, the current states of, and potential future directions for conservatism and philanthropy, including…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 14, 2024

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Modern Age’s Daniel McCarthy (Part 2 of 2)
The editor of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute journal talks to Michael E. Hartmann about establishment and conservative philanthropy, including in the context of populism’s ascendance.
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 14, 2024