conservative giving

Philanthropy
Prizing Conservative Philanthropy and Its History
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation will award James Piereson with one of its Bradley Prizes on May 29, recognizing his important role in conservative philanthropy. He served as the executive director and…
by Michael E. Hartmann on May 8, 2025

Foundation Watch
A Conversation with the Manhattan Institute’s John D. Sailer (Part 1 of 2)
The think-tank fellow and higher-education researcher talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the Mellon Foundation’s and other grantmakers’ substantial support of the “scholar-activist pipeline” and how it tilts colleges and…
by Michael E. Hartmann on April 16, 2025

Foundation Watch
A Conversation with the Manhattan Institute’s John D. Sailer (Part 2 of 2)
The think-tank fellow and higher-education researcher talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the necessary scrutiny of and unfortunate lack of transparency in much philanthropically supported programs and projects in higher…
by Michael E. Hartmann on April 16, 2025

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Modern Age’s Daniel McCarthy (Part 1 of 2)
The editor of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute journal talks to Michael E. Hartmann about recent developments in, the current states of, and potential future directions for conservatism and philanthropy, including…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 14, 2024

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Modern Age’s Daniel McCarthy (Part 2 of 2)
The editor of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute journal talks to Michael E. Hartmann about establishment and conservative philanthropy, including in the context of populism’s ascendance.
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 14, 2024

Philanthropy
Philanthropy and the Campus Wars—and Later, the Larger Culture War—in Resistance from the Right
“Conservatives did not win the campus wars of the 1960s, and they failed in almost every way to meaningfully pull faculty and students to the right during their time on…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 24, 2023

Philanthropy
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…
by Julia Nelson on September 18, 2023

Philanthropy
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 …
by Daniel P. Schmidt, Michael E. Hartmann on September 5, 2023

Philanthropy
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 …
by Daniel P. Schmidt, Michael E. Hartmann on September 5, 2023

Philanthropy
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…
by Michael E. Hartmann on August 3, 2023