InfluenceWatch Friday
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Concern About and Willingness to Reform Philanthropy Is Cross-Ideological, Survey Finds
As we and colleagues at Inequality.org have recently been getting “together to discuss what’s gone awry in the current state of charitable giving and the incentives our tax system provides to donors,…
Why Can’t We Have an Honest Discussion About Donor-Advised Funds?
If transparency amounted to anything more than a self-serving platitude to America’s professional philanthropic class, the newly released National Study on Donor Advised Funds would make plain that this is…
Institute for Policy Studies’ The True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy Brings Skepticism and Scrutiny to Ultra-Wealthy’s Giving
A report released today by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), The True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy, comprehensively details how the ultra-wealthy in America use charitable giving to take advantage of tax benefits while…
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…
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…
A Conversation with Council on Foundations President Kathleen P. Enright (Part 1 of 2)
Kathleen P. Enright talks to Craig Kennedy and Michael E. Hartmann about populism and polarization, the minimum-distribution requirement for private foundations, and foundations’ uses of donor-advised funds.
A Conversation with Council on Foundations President Kathleen P. Enright (Part 2 of 2)
Kathleen P. Enright talks about donor-advised funds, charity and politics, and the attention-getting op-ed in support of civility and pluralism in the sector that she signed with five others.
More Conservatives Than Liberals Oppose Taxpayer Subsidies for Foundations
Overall, 81% oppose such tax incentivization, according to new survey from Institute for Policy Studies and conducted by Ipsos. Ninety percent of conservatives oppose it; 80% of liberals do.
Inside Philanthropy Survey Finds Support for Reform of Philanthropy’s Legal Structure
A recent nonscientific survey of nearly 350 philanthropy professionals conducted by Inside Philanthropy found that an overwhelming majority of respondents supported changing the laws that govern philanthropy. Surprisingly, 51 percent…