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Legal Battle over Kurtis Froedtert’s Wishes, A Warning to Donors Everywhere
This article originally appeared on PhilanthropyDaily.com on October 8, 2019. There’s a legal battle developing over the wishes of donor Kurtis Froedtert, as reported by Bruce Vielmetti…
by Martin Morse Wooster on October 14, 2019

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Nonprofit Employment is Rising, in Raw Numbers and at a Rapid Rate
This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on September 19, 2019. Those who care about the sector should probably be a little unsettled. The total number of people working at…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 2, 2019

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Teach for America and charter schools: an unholy alliance?
This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on September 30, 2019. Do funders supporting Teach for America and charter schools wield too much power to determine where teachers are placed?…
by Martin Morse Wooster on October 1, 2019

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How pervasive is extreme poverty in America?
This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on September 25, 2019. It’s a common complaint that vast swathes of Americans live on less than two dollars a day. But…
by Martin Morse Wooster on September 25, 2019

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How much regulation of donor-advised funds is enough?
Here’s a short quiz: what’s the largest public charity in America? If you guessed the Salvation Army or the Red Cross, you’d be wrong. That distinction belongs to the Fidelity…
by Hayden Ludwig, Michael E. Hartmann on September 23, 2019

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Donors: be wary of “scam PACs”
Suppose you’re a donor who has $500 and wants to influence politics. What is the best way to use the money? You have several options. One is to donate it…
by Martin Morse Wooster on September 16, 2019

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The Meow Wolf Art Collective Funds its Work Without Controversial Mega-Donors
One of the more contentious topics in philanthropy today is the relationship between donors and the arts. Here the major issue is the donations that the Sackler family—much of whose…
by Martin Morse Wooster on September 10, 2019

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Capitalism and Moral Purpose
One of the central questions of our time is about whether or not capitalism can serve a moral purpose beyond simply providing good jobs at good wages. There have been…
by Martin Morse Wooster on September 3, 2019

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A YouGov poll indicates a dramatic “Perception Gap”
If funders are ever going to promote civil society, they ought to be coming up with ways to make society more civil—that is, making sure that people in red and…
by Martin Morse Wooster on August 26, 2019

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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…
by Christine Ravold on August 23, 2019