Philanthropy

Philanthropy
A Conversation with IPS’s Helen Flannery and OSU’s Brian Mittendorf (Part 1 of 2)
The think-tank fellow and accounting professor talk to Michael E. Hartmann about their research and writing on donor-advised funds (DAFs) in general and why they’re controversial—along with different kinds of…
by Michael E. Hartmann on June 2, 2025

Philanthropy
A Conversation with IPS’s Helen Flannery and OSU’s Brian Mittendorf (Part 2 of 2)
The think-tank fellow and accounting professor discuss ways to think about any potential legal and regulatory reforms of donor-advised funds.
by Michael E. Hartmann on June 2, 2025

Philanthropy
A Wipeout for Those Refusing to Consider Much-Needed Reform of Tax-Exempt Sector
The House Ways and Means Committee budget bill has a number of items regarding the tax-exempt sector. In general, they are a wipeout for the sector and those refusing to…
by Dean Zerbe on May 23, 2025

Philanthropy
Professional-Class Liberalism’s “Philanthropic Governance”
"Mastery and Drift: Professional-Class Liberals Since the 1960s" collects an interesting set of scholarly essays about “professional-class liberalism,” and some of that which it has wrought, during the past six…
by Michael E. Hartmann on May 19, 2025

Philanthropy
IRS Revokes Sierra Club’s (c)(3) Status, in 1966
Earlier this month, there were rampant rumors that President Donald Trump was going to sign an executive order revoking the nonprofit status of environmental organizations. Since no president can really just revoke…
by Michael E. Hartmann on May 15, 2025

Philanthropy
Prizing Conservative Philanthropy and Its History
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation will award James Piereson with one of its Bradley Prizes on May 29, recognizing his important role in conservative philanthropy. He served as the executive director and…
by Michael E. Hartmann on May 8, 2025

Philanthropy
Not Everything (Worth Addressing) Is a Crisis
Despite all our efforts to tame nature—both physical and human—the world remains an unpredictable and dangerous place. Hurricanes, civil wars, and Ebola outbreaks are always lurking in the shadows, and…
by Julia Nelson on May 2, 2025

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Leslie Lenkowsky About Trust, or the Lack of It, in Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector (Part 1 of 2)
The Indiana University professor Leslie Lenkowsky talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the degree to which trust, or lack of it, in wealth and the wealthy may or may not…
by Michael E. Hartmann on May 1, 2025

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Leslie Lenkowsky About Trust, or the Lack of It, in Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector (Part 2 of 2)
The Indiana University professor Leslie Lenkowsky talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the challenges of interpreting survey data about trust in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector and, the historical “paradox…
by Michael E. Hartmann on May 1, 2025

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Mission Local’s Joe Rivano Barros (Part 1 of 2)
The senior editor talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the nonprofit news site, the visions and aims of the MacArthur and Crankstart Foundations’ criminal- and restorative-justice grantmaking in San Francisco,…
by Michael E. Hartmann on March 19, 2025