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…
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…
Over at PhilanthropyDaily.com, I have a new post on the blunt criticism the Hewlett Foundation allowed itself to hear from Bill Schambra of the Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic…
[cross-posted from PhilanthropyDaily.com] While civil society is great in general, that’s not always true for each group in civil society. Teachers’ unions, for instance, are my favorite…
Are the two nonprofits founded by radical activist and convicted bomber Brett Kimberlin entitled to tax-exempt status? It’s a question worth examining. Kimberlin is a paid employee of one…
The Chronicle of Philanthropy has a new article on the fallout from James O’Keefe’s skillfully engineered undercover video takedown of NPR. Here’s the passage that quotes me: But some conservatives…
In 1999 actor/salad dressing entrepreneur Paul Newman started up something called the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, a non-profit 501(c)(3) group. The committee says it is comprised of some 165…
A New Jersey surperior court judge ruled today that Princeton University must go on trial for improperly spending $200 million of a Robertson Foundation bequest intended to help Princeton students prepare…
Lynne Munson, an adjunct fellow at Richard Vedder’s nonprofit Center for College Affordability and Productivity, has an answer to why college tuition is rising so quickly, and it…
Here’s the source for George Will’s column (cited yesterday) that philanthropy is how very wealthy people differentiate themselves from the merely wealthy: The Luxury Institute, a think tank representing the luxury-loving community,…