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…
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Broad Prize in Urban Education
Jennifer Medina reports in the New York Times today that New York City’s public school system is this year’s winner of the annual Broad Prize. The prize, awarded each…
Making Higher Ed Better
A new nonprofit representing the interests of higher education donors, who give $28 billion annually to colleges and universities, has been born. The Indianapolis-based Center for Excellence in Higher Education, headed…
Defining Achievement Downward
Today on the American.com CRC’s Phil Brand and I take a look at how the debate over reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act is shaping up and…
Lawyers Gone Wild
That’s the title of a new five-part series on class action lawsuit abuse appearing in the Examiner, a new Washington, DC newspaper that’s giving the Post and the Times a run…
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…
Nonprofits That Rely on Members of Congress
Nonprofits that rely on Congress for earmarks (D.C. lingo for legislation in which money is slated for a specific recipient) have to hope their sponsor stays out of trouble lest…
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…
CRC’s September Publications
Below is a short description of our September publications with links included. Enjoy! Congress is about to pass a “cap-and-trade” energy bill that claims to keep global warming in check…
The Surdna Foundation and the Rejection of a Donor’s Intent
The Surdna Foundation and the Rejection of a Donor’s Intent Foundation Watch, September 2007 (The article is available here as a PDF document.)…