In the past week, two groups sent letters to Democratic and Republic congressional leaders condemning the ridiculously named For the People Act (H.R. 1 and S. 1) as a…
“Few of the histories of the conservative movement give pride of place to David Packard as a paladin of conservative philanthropy," according to a December case study from Johns Hopkins…
“What a lot of people think of as raw IQ from CEOs is actually a) access to information from smart people,” and “b) the compounding effects of (a).” Yet the…
“Government doesn’t have the ability to create institutions of civil society, and bad things tend to happen when government pretends that it does,” U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, Republican of Utah,…
Our federal government tabulates how much it costs to incentivize us to behave in certain ways through the tax code. Every year, it adds up its estimated revenue losses from…
Following the 2000 election—about which, recall, there had been more than a little controversy—the private, “blue-ribbon” National Commission on Federal Election Reform was convened to study and make recommendations about…
In November, Gara LaMarche announced that he will be stepping down as president of the Democracy Alliance, the network of liberal donors who coordinate their giving. LaMarche has also been president and…
From December 2017 through December 2019, the percentage of respondents to Give.org’s Donor Trust Surveys saying they highly trust charities overall in America decreased moderately, from 19% to 17%, according…
Adam Garfinkle’s article about his favorite non-technical neologisms in the new American Purpose last week makes for a day-brighteningly fun and thought-provoking read. One of its entries is perhaps of particular, poignant…
Fund for the Republic president Robert M. Hutchins delivered a speech, forcefully defending philanthropic foundations—their prerogatives, practices, and positions—on January 26, 1955, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Hutchins’…