Grassroots Work Is Key to Upward Mobility, Not Policy Papers
How does someone go from being homeless youth with a troubled family to a licensed commercial pilot at the age of 23? For Kamia, it started with a single helicopter…
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A Conversation with the Hudson Institute’s John Fonte (Part 1 of 2)
We have known John Fonte for a long time, and respected his scholarship, analysis, and refreshingly straightforward way of framing and addressing issues for even longer. A senior fellow at the …
A Conversation with the Hudson Institute’s John Fonte (Part 2 of 2)
We have known John Fonte for a long time, and respected his scholarship, analysis, and refreshingly straightforward way of framing and addressing issues for even longer. A senior fellow at the …
Heather Mac Donald to Conservative Donors: Wake Up!
In the new, Summer 2023 issue of City Journal, its contributing editor Heather Mac Donald harshly critiques hedge-fund manager Kenneth Griffin’s $300 million worth of support to Harvard University—close to the largest single…
The Giving Review Has Moved
On Friday the editors of the Giving Review launched its new independent website—four years after the Giving Review started as a blog hosted on Philanthropy Daily’s website. The editors explain,…
Follow the Money
Conservative philanthropy in America has long been on the defensive, mostly against harsh critiques from liberals and progressives. For big grantmakers on the Right criticism has been considered a given.
A Conversation with Symposium Contributor Julius Krein
In “What do conservative donors want?,” Julius Krein, editor of the American Affairs quarterly journal, dauntlessly describes conservative philanthropy’s current predicament—and, equally dauntlessly, urges it to be self-critically clear and honest about its…
“Conservatism & the Future of Tax-Incentivized Big Philanthropy: A Symposium”
The Giving Review symposium earnestly and meaningfully explores conservatism’s past and future relationships with the country’s philanthropic establishment, which is overwhelmingly predominantly progressive, in our view. Implicitly or explicitly, the…
A Conversation With Symposium Contributor Joanne Florino
In her contribution to the Giving Review's symposium “Conservatism and the Future of Tax-Incentivized Big Philanthropy,” Joanne Florino argues that the best way for conservative grantmakers to pursue their core…
Another Measure of Conservative Absence at Philanthropy’s “Commanding Heights”
Forbes released its 41st annual Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans late last month. Collectively, the magazine reports, the 400 are worth approximately $4 trillion—down $500 billion from last year. Nine are at the…