Philanthropy

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Religious Organizations in The Nonprofit Sector
The new, third edition of The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook offers a thorough assessment of the state of the nonprofit field. It features an examination of nonprofit religious organizations, including an…
by Michael E. Hartmann on June 8, 2020

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Recognizing Symptoms of Groupthink in Philanthropy
“Groupthink,” as we understand it, is bad, we all know—or at least we think, or say, we do. Maybe we just label it away when we need or want to…
by Michael E. Hartmann on June 1, 2020

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Conservative Philanthropy in The Nonprofit Sector
The new, third edition of The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook offers a thorough assessment of the state of the nonprofit field—with 30 well-sourced and -endnoted chapters by 45 mostly academic…
by Michael E. Hartmann on May 29, 2020

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Memorial Day 2020
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, with so many of us owing so much to so few—especially those in medical garb—it’s also good to remember the ultimate sacrifices of the…
by Jon Rodeback on May 25, 2020

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Embarrassment About SPLC Should Be Shared by Others (II)
After the nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in Montgomery, Ala., fired its founder Morris Dees and publicly admitted that he mistreated people—reportedly on the basis of race and sex—we wrote last June about…
by Michael E. Hartmann on May 20, 2020

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Philanthropy During COVID Should Focus on Effective, Local Giving
The crisis caused by COVID-19 has inspired charities and philanthropies around the world to provide a flood of generosity. But even in hard times, the rules about the best ways…
by Martin Morse Wooster on May 12, 2020

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A Conversation with Tax-Policy Expert Dean Zerbe (Part 2 of 2)
A former top tax aide to Sen. Charles Grassley talks about the 2017 tax-reform bill, the recent harsh critiques of philanthropy, and how he thinks the nonprofit sector should approach…
by Michael E. Hartmann on April 22, 2020

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A Conversation with Tax-Policy Expert Dean Zerbe (Part 1 of 2)
A former top tax aide to Sen. Charles Grassley talks to Michael E. Hartmann about his background, what it’s like to work for Grassley and on Capitol Hill, and the…
by Michael E. Hartmann on April 22, 2020

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Updated Grantmaking Options to Support History and Civics Education
“Civic education is central to the perpetual renewal of American self-understanding,” E Pluribus Unum, the report of The Bradley Project on America’s National Identity, observed in 2008—as we noted earlier this year. This updated…
by Michael E. Hartmann on April 20, 2020

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Political and Charitable Contributions “Crowding Out” Each Other, Consumptively
Four scholars from around the world present “evidence that individuals see political donations and charitable donations as substitutes” in an interesting January National Bureau of Economic Research working paper. “In other…
by Michael E. Hartmann on March 26, 2020