charity

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

Book Profile, Philanthropy
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…
by Michael E. Hartmann on June 14, 2021

Philanthropy
“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…
by Michael E. Hartmann on January 19, 2021

Charity and Welfare
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…
by Melodie Bowler on September 12, 2016

Compassion & Culture, Doing Good
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…
by Melodie Bowler on June 30, 2016

Blog
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…
by Eric Heidenreich on October 21, 2008