charity

Philanthropy
Chronicle of Philanthropy Webinar Considers Issues Facing Nonprofits, Philanthropy
During a Chronicle of Philanthropy webinar yesterday, “Reshaping the Conversation: How to Rebuild Public Trust in Philanthropy,” panelists with diverse worldviews discussed potential ways in which to deal with pressing…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 12, 2023

Philanthropy
Donor-Advised Funds And The Myth Of An Independent Sector
America’s professional philanthropic class often declares that democracy is reliant on independent philanthropy when it pleads for tax and other special privileges for itself and its patrons. Private philanthropy, the…
by Jeffrey Cain on October 11, 2023

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
by Jonathan Harsh on September 29, 2023

Deception & Misdirection
Voter Registration Charities: A Massive, Overlooked Scandal
“Nonprofit voter registration” doesn’t sound interesting. Yet nonprofit voter registration, or the use of tax-exempt charitable organizations to conduct and fund voter registration drives, is one of the most important…
by Parker Thayer on September 20, 2023

CRC in the News
“Charitable Election Rigging”
Parker Thayer discusses his new report “How Charities Secretly Help Win Elections” on The Charlie Kirk Show. The Everybody Votes campaign—the largest and most corrupt “charitable” voter registration effort in…
on August 17, 2023

Special Report
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…
by Hayden Ludwig on January 20, 2023

Philanthropy
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…
by Daniel P. Schmidt, Michael E. Hartmann on January 3, 2023

Organization Trends
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…
by Sarah Lee on October 21, 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