Donors in Hell to Pay
In politics, “[a]long with upscale, educated, hyper-ideological primary voters, the selectorate of each party includes affluent party donors,” according to Michael Lind in his important new book Hell to Pay:…
Big Philanthropy
A Conversation with Catholic Philanthropist Timothy R. Busch
The successful entrepreneur and Napa Institute founder talks to Michael E. Hartmann about his grantmaking, the importance of a focus on mission, and the continuing relevance of the work of…
Best of CRC Media Hits for the First Quarter of 2023
The first quarter of 2023 has been fruitful for CRC. Through January, February, and March (and early April), we had over 140 media hits, including traditional media, new media, TV,…
Follow the Money
Conservative philanthropy in America has long been on the defensive, mostly against harsh critiques from liberals and progressives. For big grantmakers on the Right criticism has been considered a given.
A Conversation with Symposium Contributor Julius Krein
In “What do conservative donors want?,” Julius Krein, editor of the American Affairs quarterly journal, dauntlessly describes conservative philanthropy’s current predicament—and, equally dauntlessly, urges it to be self-critically clear and honest about its…
“Conservatism & the Future of Tax-Incentivized Big Philanthropy: A Symposium”
The Giving Review symposium earnestly and meaningfully explores conservatism’s past and future relationships with the country’s philanthropic establishment, which is overwhelmingly predominantly progressive, in our view. Implicitly or explicitly, the…
Public-Health Powers Abused Must Be Powers Forfeit
The world is leaving behind the age of lockdowns and mask mandates. Five million swarmed Argentina’s capital to celebrate their World Cup victory, and even New York Mayor Eric Adams…
A Conversation with Symposium Contributor Joel Kotkin
A prolific author and incisive commentator, Joel Kotkin is the Roger Hobbs Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., executive director of Urban Reform Institute in Houston,…
A Conversation With Symposium Contributor Joanne Florino
In her contribution to the Giving Review's symposium “Conservatism and the Future of Tax-Incentivized Big Philanthropy,” Joanne Florino argues that the best way for conservative grantmakers to pursue their core…
Martin Morse Wooster: Book Man
An entire library was to Martin but an “after-dinner mint.” He daily consumed oceans of books, newspapers, and magazines on every subject imaginable and several beyond the imaginations of most…