charitable giving

Philanthropy
Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Tax-Exempt Nonprofits and Politics
The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance’s Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight has announced that it has scheduled a hearing on Wednesday, May 4, to examine “Laws and Enforcement Governing…
by Michael E. Hartmann on May 2, 2022

Philanthropy
Philanthropy on the Defensive
Establishment philanthropy in America is on the defensive—as it should be. Measured in terms of its size, the philanthropic sector is big and getting bigger; this is not necessarily a bad…
by Michael E. Hartmann on April 25, 2022

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Notre Dame Law School’s Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer (Part 2 of 2)
Professor Mayer, a scholar of nonprofit and election law, talks to Michael E. Hartmann about past and potential future cross-ideological overlap in the critique of establishment philanthropy, non-exempt vehicles for wealthy…
by Michael E. Hartmann on February 21, 2022

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Notre Dame Law School’s Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer (Part 1 of 2)
Notre Dame Law School Professor Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, a scholar of nonprofit and election law, talks to Michael E. Hartmann about what should and shouldn’t be considered a subsidy for charities,…
by Michael E. Hartmann on February 21, 2022

Organization Trends
ActBlue: The Democrats’ $400 Million “Dark Money” Machine
Give ActBlue an A+ for juicing the professional Left—and an F for transparency. The Left’s fundraising platform of choice is gargantuan, pulling in $407 million in 2020 between its 501(c)(3)…
by Hayden Ludwig on February 7, 2022

CRC in the News
Best of CRC Media Hits for October 2021
A highlight of October 2021 was the appearance of two separate op-eds in the respected Washington Examiner on the same day. Not only did our Research Director Mike Watson share…
by Sarah Lee on November 15, 2021

Philanthropy
“Private Rights of Action” Against Violations of Charitable Law?
The new Texas law’s provision allowing private parties to file lawsuits against abortion providers who violate the law has given rise to questions about whether similar provisions might spread elsewhere, and to…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 1, 2021

Philanthropy
Establishment Philanthropy’s Labor Market, and Its Professional Monoculture
Capital, if the capitalist controls enough market power to constitute a monopoly, extracts returns from the market above the marginal cost of producing the product or service he or she…
by Michael E. Hartmann on April 30, 2021

Philanthropy
Charitable Giving Is the Lifeblood of Social Capital, According to Mike Lee
“Government doesn’t have the ability to create institutions of civil society, and bad things tend to happen when government pretends that it does,” U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, Republican of Utah,…
by Michael E. Hartmann on January 21, 2021