Are You Ready for Giving Tuesday?
Americans are the most generous people in the world. Nothing illustrates that better than Giving Tuesday, a philanthropy tradition started in 2012 as a way to fund nonprofits focusing on…
Philanthropy
The “Progressive Philanthropy Complex” and State Attorneys General
Adam Piper, executive director of the Republican Attorneys General Association, appeared on The American Conservative’s TAC Right Now podcast late last week, during which he was asked about some of the recent…
A Conversation with EO Tax Journal Editor Paul Streckfus (Part 1 of 2)
Paul Streckfus is editor of the EO Tax Journal, a daily e-mail update of information, with commentary and analysis, for practitioners and scholars of exempt organizations (EO) tax law. It is thus…
A Conversation with EO Tax Journal Editor Paul Streckfus (Part 2 of 2)
Paul Streckfus is editor of the EO Tax Journal, a daily e-mail update of information, with commentary and analysis, for practitioners and scholars of exempt organizations (EO) tax law. It is thus…
Big Philanthropy Transitions to the Biden Administration
The presidential-transition teams that Joe Biden announced last week include more than 20 members who are identified as being employed by left-of-center philanthropic foundations or grantmaking entities in America. George Mason University…
Irving Kristol: A Good Egghead, Messily Making Omelettes
American public life’s coming years will likely feature many fights—hopefully, much of it to ultimate good effect for everyday citizens. We could see, for example, an insurgent politician against the…
America’s Move from “I” to “We” and Back to “I”
Harvard University political scientist Robert D. Putnam’s new book The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again, written with Shaylyn Romney Garrett,…
Another “Dark Money” Tributary?
Three University of Florida researchers have studied whether the lobbying of public charities is influenced by boards with members who also serve on the boards of private, for-profit firms. If…
Strategic Ultra-High-Net-Worth Philanthropy
Globally, there were an estimated 265,490 people with a net worth of $30 million or more in 2018, according to Wealth-X’s World Ultra Wealth Report 2019, by Maya Imberg and…
What Conservative Philanthropy Should Have Seen Coming
Respected Wall Street Journal executive editor Gerald F. Seib’s interesting and engaging new book "We Should Have Seen It Coming: From Reagan to Trump—A Front-Row Seat to a Political Revolution" skillfully overviews the 40-year reign…