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Foundation Watch
State Attorneys General
Aiming to reshape society, state attorneys general wield ever-expanding powers over private corporations, foundations and nonprofits. Their activities–too often motivated by ideology and politics–frequently undermine the very institutions t...
Martin Morse Wooster†
Foundation Watch
The Ford Foundation’s International Agenda
Overseas NGOs look to the United States for help in building their war-torn and poverty-stricken societies. The Ford Foundation has made its reputation for generous and innovative non-governmental international giving.
Martin Morse Wooster†
Compassion & Culture
Robert Baden-Powell and Edgar J. Helms: Their Lives and Legacies
This issue of Compassion and Culture explores the lives and legacies of two gilded-age social entrepreneurs. Robert Baden-Powell's ideas led to the creation of two organizations on the Nonprofit Times…
Martin Morse Wooster†
Foundation Watch
The Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a key philanthropic supporter of the liberal policy agenda. Since the 1960s, Ford has funded many radical social experiments and it remains a major donor to…
Martin Morse Wooster†

Philanthropy
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…
Martin Morse Wooster†
Foundation Watch
Giving to College Endowments
Donors should be especially wary when giving to universities. Don't assume that college administrators will use your donations for the purposes you intend. Capital Research Center Visiting Fellow Martin Wooster…
Martin Morse Wooster†
Foundation Watch
Nation’s Leading Foundations Violate Donor Intent
In The Great Philanthropists and The Problem of Donor Intent, published by Capital Research Center in 1994 and revised in 1998, Martin Morse Wooster examined how donors committed to free…
Martin Morse Wooster†
Book Profile
Capital Research Center 2001 Donors Guide to Philanthropy Advisory Services: A Mandate for Charity Project
When most of us think of nonprofit charitable groups we naturally think of traditional charity groups like the Salvation Army, Meals on Wheels, Toys for Tots, and Boys' Town come…
Robert M. Huberty
Organization Trends
How State Attorney Generals Polic Nonprofits: Court Actions Sometimes Distort Charity, Restrict Free-Market Activity
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Martin Morse Wooster†
Foundation Watch
The American Legacy Foundation’s Truth Campaign: Using Tobacco Funds for Anti-Smoking Ads
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Martin Morse Wooster†