Not Everything (Worth Addressing) Is a Crisis
Despite all our efforts to tame nature—both physical and human—the world remains an unpredictable and dangerous place. Hurricanes, civil wars, and Ebola outbreaks are always lurking in the shadows, and…
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A Conversation with Leslie Lenkowsky About Trust, or the Lack of It, in Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector (Part 1 of 2)
The Indiana University professor Leslie Lenkowsky talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the degree to which trust, or lack of it, in wealth and the wealthy may or may not…
Bringing Critical Thinking to the Classroom: Introducing the “InfluenceWatch Educational Guide”
The InfluenceWatch Educational Guide is designed to make InfluenceWatch easy to use for both teachers and students. It’s broken down into simple assignments that walk students through using the website…
A Conversation with the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s Michael Fragoso (Part 1 of 2)
The think-tank fellow and former top congressional staffer talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the role of the American Bar Association and other, different kinds of nonprofit groups in the…
A Conversation with the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s Michael Fragoso (Part 2 of 2)
The think-tank fellow and former top congressional staffer talks to Michael E. Hartmann about effective and ineffective nonprofit projects and activities related to the judicial-nomination and -confirmation processes, what could…
A Better Charitable Act Is Cutting Tax Rates, Not Creating Another Tax Break
Do Americans need a tax incentive to be charitable? Economists have mixed opinions, but two senators believe so. Yet history has shown that there is little relationship between the charitable…
Might It Soon Be “a Later Date”?
Given the decrease of trust in the sector and serious questions about the sector is pursuing charity properly understood, the incoming administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Department…
Thoughts on Philanthropy from Books Featured in the Giving Review in Second Half of 2024
“The vindictiveness was gone, but the prosecution remained.” President William Howard Taft got to preside over something [Theodore] Roosevelt had wanted but did not attain in his presidency: the demise…
Thoughts on Philanthropy from The Giving Review’s “Conversations” in Second Half of 2024
An end-of-year collection of interesting and insightful thinking about grantmaking and giving…
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Megaphone Philanthropy
The line between charity and politics can be extraordinarily blurry. This is problematic, as politics is inherently quarrelsome and divisive, and these are words that very few would use to…