More Criticism of Private Giving
The idea that philanthropy is an illegitimate enterprise because it lets private persons rather than government decide who gets the benefits…
Philanthropy
Ted Turner’s $1 Billion Gift to the U.N.–An Update
The latest issue of Conde Nast Portfolio reports that ten years ago this month Ted Turner pledged to give $1 billion to the U.N. But so far Turner has…
The New York Times on Philanthropy
Stephanie Strom’s front page story on the charitable tax deduction is remarkable in only one sense: She starts with the assumption that charitable giving is questionable because it takes…
The Milton Hershey School: The Richest Orphans in America
Last year, Dauphin County Orphans Court in Harrisburg, Pa. was the setting for an exceptionally heated battle over donor intent. At stake was this question: Was the Hershey Trust, acting…