On the presidents of the Ford Foundation
On the presidents of the Ford Foundation By Martin Morse Wooster Senior Fellow, Capital Research Center (originally posted at Philanthropy Daily) One of my useless achievements is that I…
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The Marvin Schwan Foundation and the perpetuity of foundations
The Marvin Schwan Foundation and the perpetuity of foundations By Martin Morse Wooster Senior Fellow, Capital Research Center (originally posted at Philanthropy Daily) There are many reasons why foundations…
On tearing down Doris Duke’s home
On tearing down Doris Duke's home By Martin Morse Wooster Senior Fellow, Capital Research Center (originally posted at Philanthropy Daily) There are always new ways for foundations to repudiate…
Whitney L. Ball, RIP
We mourn the death of Whitney Ball, who as founder and longtime leader of DonorsTrust was one of the nation’s leading entrepreneurs in conservative and libertarian philanthropy. Her long…
M. Stanton Evans, R.I.P.
M. Stanton Evans died last week at the age of 80, and the Capital Research Center mourns the loss. He was tied to CRC – and countless other conservative groups…
Earnest but Inhumane
Over at PhilanthropyDaily.com, I have a piece on a trendy bit of philanthropic foolishness known as “Effective Altruism.” In part it’s a movement of earnest young people out…
Steyer and Koch: The Big-Oil Goliath[s]
In an interview with Politico April 22, hedge fund tycoon Tom Steyer argued that “I think there are real distinctions between the Koch brothers and us.” Perhaps this is true,…
Should foundations grovel before government?
Over at PhilanthropyDaily.com, I have a piece on philanthropy maven Rick Cohen’s back-and-forth views of whether foundations should boss government around or be bossed around by government. Perhaps…
Boxing with Hewlett
At PhilanthropyDaily.com, I have something of a boxing match going with Paul Brest, the former president of the Hewlett Foundation. We’re arguing about whether big foundations are too reliant on…
Round 2 in the great social engineering debate
At PhilanthropyDaily.com, I respond to the responses that the Hewlett Foundation’s current and past presidents have made to Bill Schambra’s stern critique of their social science-based approach to…