Philanthropy

Philanthropy
The Newman’s Own Foundation: Can litigation restore donor intent?
Paul Newman created the Newman’s Own Foundation (NOF) primarily to help children and promote largely unobjectionable causes. That’s not what it did after he died, claimed his daughters – two…
by Neil Hrab on December 9, 2025

Philanthropy
The Problem with Giving Tuesday
Editorial note: this is a repost of an essay published last year on Giving Tuesday. *** Remember when Silicon Valley hacked the…
by Jeffrey Cain on December 2, 2025

Philanthropy
A conversation with the Manhattan Institute’s Tal Fortgang (Part 2 of 2)
The legal policy fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann more about the concept of civil terrorism and—in the nonprofit context—existing and potentially strengthened anti-racketeering and -conspiracy, anti-riot, and foreign-agent-registration laws,…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 29, 2025

Philanthropy
A conversation with the Manhattan Institute’s Tal Fortgang (Part 1 of 2)
The legal policy fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about whether and if so, the degree to which constitutionally protected free speech can be limited, and whether tax-exempt groups exercising…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 28, 2025

Philanthropy
A conversation with BakerHostetler’s Andrew Grossman (Part 2 of 2)
The attorney and think-tank fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the government’s high burden to prove a grantmaker’s criminal liability for the activities of a grantee, the narrow circumstances…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 27, 2025

Philanthropy
A conversation with BakerHostetler’s Andrew Grossman (Part 1 of 2)
The attorney and think-tank fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the increased scrutiny of the nonprofit sector, the potential effects of that scrutiny on civil society, the Trump administration’s…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 24, 2025

Foundation Watch, Philanthropy
The “Foundation” that isn’t: The Century Foundation
A mostly forgotten lefty business tycoon created an NGO in 1922 to continue his progressive legacy. More than a century later and 88 years after his death, it still operates…
by Michael Watson on October 20, 2025

Foundation Watch, Philanthropy
The Freedom Together Foundation
A fortune earned by a little-known billionaire once associated with a notorious fraudster is now controlled by left-wing ideologues who use it to try to shift the balance of “power”…
by Robert Stilson on October 16, 2025

Philanthropy
Philanthropy in the drama of postliberal progressivism
Ross Douthat properly laments the influence and power of activists and elites effecting dramatic change outside the democratic process and then trying to survive or sidestep backlash from voters.
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 14, 2025

Philanthropy
A birthday for the auto assembly line—and leftist philanthropy
The Ford assembly line was born 112 years ago, launching an industrial society we cannot live without, and a left-wing charity that we don’t really need.
by Ken Braun on October 7, 2025