Leftist Groups Pushing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act
Naming the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4) after the Georgia congressman who died last year may evoke the 1960s Civil Rights movement, but it would federalize elections…
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Philanthropy for “Citizens of the World”: Community Foundations
America has always had its patricians, but as the word suggests, they saw themselves as patriotic “fathers” of their country, and their wealth and prestige were tied up in their…
Philanthropy for “Citizens of the World”: Grants
So which politically active organizations are the biggest beneficiaries of community foundation money? To sift through tens of thousands of grants and avoid cherry-picking recipients, we identified nonprofits that are…
Philanthropy for “Citizens of the World”: Donors
Community foundation grants ultimately originated with (mostly) anonymous donors, not the community foundations themselves, which serve as conduits for donor-advised-fund account holders. The largest community foundation givers on this list…
Philanthropy for “Citizens of the World”: What Is Philanthropy For?
Who does philanthropy serve? Until we answer that question—one that our forebears understood—community foundations, private foundations, and 501(c) groups are immaterial. Philanthropos is the love of mankind rooted in the…
Local Philanthropy Isn’t Local for ‘Citizens of the World’
America’s liberal plutocrats’ “philanthropy” is more political than charitable and utterly disconnected from its roots in Christianity’s love for one’s fellow man. It isn’t only the Ford Foundation or George…
Nonprofits in the Biden Administration: Think Tanks
The Biden administration has drawn heavily from the world of nonprofit think tanks—an organizational category with an admittedly imprecise definition. Such groups were a common landing place for Obama Administration…
The Biden-Harris Transition: Labor, Justice, Education, and EPA
Following the 2020 election, President-elect Joe Biden has been releasing the names of those he intends to nominate to senior executive branch posts, as well as those who are serving…
Left-Wing Activist Sets Himself Up to Profit from His Own Climate Plan
Bracken Hendricks is cofounder and senior adviser to Evergreen Action, an activist group pushing for sweeping policy change to combat global warming. As CEO of Urban Ingenuity, consulting firm that…
Insuring Crony Capitalism
(PDF here) Summary: Obamacare was originally passed into law with the help of payoffs to industries in health care. Now the law’s machinery encourages each part of the medical…