A Conversation with Know Your Enemy’s Sam Adler-Bell (Part 1 of 2)
The writer, analyst, and podcast co-host talks to Michael E. Hartmann about ideas, why we believe in the ones we do, and how sophisticated argumentation can better help us know…
Philanthropy
A Conversation with Know Your Enemy’s Sam Adler-Bell (Part 2 of 2)
The writer, analyst, and podcast co-host talks to Michael E. Hartmann about how conservative philanthropy was caught flat-footed by the political ascendancy of conservative populism in 2016 and progressive and…
Revisiting Our Conversation with Journalist and Author John J. Miller (Part 1 of 2)
As his book on the John M. Olin Foundation is released in paperback, we feature The College Fix founder talking to Michael E. Hartmann and Daniel P. Schmidt about the…
Revisiting Our Conversation with Journalist and Author John J. Miller (Part 2 of 2)
As his book on the John M. Olin Foundation is released in paperback, we feature its author talking to Michael E. Hartmann and Daniel P. Schmidt about Olin himself, his…
Elon Musk’s Philanthropy Is Still Big Philanthropy
Boy-genius Elon Musk—of SpaceX, Tesla, and $5.7 billion in charitable gifts no one’s yet seen distributed—nearly broke the internet this week when first he became the largest single shareholder of…
A Conversation with Duke University’s Kristin Goss (Part 1 of 2)
The professor of public policy and political science talks to Michael E. Hartmann about her career, and the level and nature of academic study and journalistic coverage of policy-oriented philanthropy.
A Conversation with Duke University’s Kristin Goss (Part 2 of 2)
The professor of public policy and political science talks to Michael E. Hartmann about how policy plutocrats actually go about trying to get their way, the effects of this plutocracy,…
Some Suggestions for Improving the Form 990
Each year, tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations and foundations are required to file returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Most of these groups file Form 990, while § 501(c)(3) private foundations…
Senate Finance Committee to Hold Hearing on Charitable Giving and Trends in Nonprofit Sector
The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance has announced that it has scheduled a hearing on Thursday, March 17, “Examining Charitable Giving and Trends in the Nonprofit Sector.” There’s certainly a lot to…
A Conversation with the RealClearFoundation’s David DesRosiers (Part 1 of 2)
The journalism-nonprofit president talks to Michael E. Hartmann about his education and its benefits, the consequences of ideas in New York City, the worth of having a place for dialogue…