A Sweeter Future: Philanthropies Adrift in Philadelphia
As I reported in an article appearing in Issue 3, 2018, the organization controlling the Hershey Company is the Hershey Trust, devoted to protecting the interests of the Milton Hershey…
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A Sweeter Future: Deviating from Intent
Girard, however, made a serious mistake when he requested that the city of Philadelphia administer his estate. The city, through its Board of City Trusts, proved to be a bad…
A Sweeter Future: Could There Be a Happy Ending?
Today, enrolment stands at just over 300 students. Attendees receive full scholarships (in excess of $60,000 per year) to attend the institution. Students, who must be “academically capable” live in…
Philanthropy and America’s “Social Capital” Divide
Ask a sociologist or a political scientist what tasks foundations ought to be doing, and they’ll likely answer that one would be building up “social capital”—the ties that link neighbors…
Philanthropy Against Democracy
Knowledge is power. So Sir Francis Bacon is supposedly the first to have said, in 1597. Well, okay, knowledge is generally considered a good thing, and it can serve good…
Featured Commentary: Lessons in Conservative Philanthropy
Conservative philanthropy appears to be on the threshold of a new phase in its history. The assumptions that have guided it for decades have grown weaker, and a framework…
InfluenceWatch Podcast Episode #27: Supreme Court Won’t Bake the Cake
In this episode: The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 for Masterpiece Cakeshop against Colorado Civil Rights Commission in the famed case of a Christian baker being sued for refusing to make…
InfluenceWatch Podcast Episode 26: Supreme Court Won’t Bake the Cake!
In this episode: The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 for Masterpiece Cakeshop against Colorado Civil Rights Commission in the famed case of a Christian baker being sued for refusing to make…
Unclear Funding for UnKoch: Campus Activists Create a Boogeyman
Unclear Funding for UnKoch (Full Series) Campus Activists Create a Boogeyman| Masking Funders Through Essential Information| Live and Let Them Give [Disclosure: The author participated in…
Unclear Funding for UnKoch: Masking Funders Through Essential Information
Unclear Funding for UnKoch (Full Series) Campus Activists Create a Boogeyman| Masking Funders Through Essential Information| Live and Let Them Give [Disclosure: The author participated in…