BREAKING: “Zuck Bucks” Pushing Progressive Policy in Elections Offices
Newly revealed documents acquired by the Honest Elections Project and John Locke Foundation and reported in the Washington Examiner reveal how the Center for Tech and Civic Life…
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Revisiting Pope Benedict’s Thought on Reason and Faith
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died yesterday [December 31, 2022], at the age of 95. Benedict always strongly defended and promoted simple Christian charity, carefully distinguishing it from a notion of…
Mystery of Biden’s Chaotic Immigration Policy Exposed in Nonprofit Funding
The American people can’t be blamed for confusion over Joe Biden’s official policy on illegal immigration, but a cursory look at federal funding flowing into immigration-related nonprofits might clear things…
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…
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,…
Philanthropy, Charity, and The Wealth Hoarders
In 1983, when Chuck Collins was 23, he attended a weekend conference for 30 people with inherited wealth co-sponsored by a local family office and private foundation. The grandson of Oscar Meyer…
“Tax Expenditures” on Charitable Deduction to Total Estimated $56.1 Billion in 2020
Our federal government tabulates how much it costs to incentivize us to behave in certain ways through the tax code. Every year, it adds up its estimated revenue losses from…
Who Is Russell Hirshon?
On my walk to work from the Dupont Circle metro station this morning, I saw this sign: All I could think was, "Who is this guy, and why is he…
The Midtown Educational Foundation: Changing Lives in Chicago
This article is part of Doing Good: Effective Alternatives to the Welfare State, July 2016. For the full PDF click here. Summary: The Midtown Educational Foundation has been helping…
World Wildlife Fund: Business is Good
Climate change is happening faster than previously predicted according to a new World Wildlife Fund can help. report. Do you want to do your part to stop climate…