This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on October 2, 2018. One of the many reasons why donor intent matters is that donors often come up with useful ideas that no…
This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on September 25, 2018. The program officers who work in the commanding heights of skyscrapers in Manhattan, Chicago, or Seattle have many…
This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on September 17, 2018. One of the frustrations of philanthropy is the special language many grantmakers use. If you use words like…
This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on September 10, 2018. I always had a soft spot in my heart for the 20th-century version of the American Civil Liberties…
Leading up to this week’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s elevation to the Supreme Court, there has been much commentary about the Federalist Society for Law…
When it comes to mapping the tangled web of the Left’s nonprofit infrastructure, it’s easy to focus on the flashy new advocacy organizations and single-issue groups that grab headlines with…
This article originally appeared in RealClearBooks on August 24, 2018. A provocative June article by Barry Lam on the always-interesting Aeon website wonders whether it is moral to respect the wishes of…
This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on August 21, 2018. Imagine that you’re a man in your seventies and eighties. Your wife has died, and she was not…
This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on August 17, 2018. It should be a law of philanthropy that the first grant is more important than the last one.
This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on August 8, 2018. Not everyone who gives anonymously has something to hide, as if rejoicing in being behind the scenes manipulators,…