donor Intent

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Management Consultant and Author Steve Zimmerman (Part 1 of 2)
Steven Zimmerman is an author and founder of Spectrum Nonprofit Services, a management consulting firm that works with nonprofit organizations to maximize their impact in fulfilling their intended mission. He…
by Michael E. Hartmann on August 18, 2022

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Management Consultant and Author Steve Zimmerman (Part 2 of 2)
Steven Zimmerman is an author and founder of Spectrum Nonprofit Services, a management consulting firm that works with nonprofit organizations to maximize their impact in fulfilling their intended mission. He…
by Michael E. Hartmann on August 18, 2022

Philanthropy
What to Make of Black Lives Matter’s Dysfunction
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF)—the primary organizational manifestation of the broader Black Lives Matter movement—has never been a model of clarity or transparency. Recent reports in the…
by Robert Stilson on February 16, 2022

Deception & Misdirection, Philanthropy
Bannon Charges Show the “Other” Donor Intent Problem
Usually the abuses of donor intent we analyze manifest themselves as a bequest of a now-deceased pro-business or conservative donor falling under the control of the left-progressive management of the…
by Michael Watson on August 24, 2020

Philanthropy
FAKE PHILANTHROPY NEWS: Jane Mayer’s Latest Book Paints Dishonest Portraits of Donors
The 2016 book Dark Money is dishonest in multiple ways. First, it is deeply exaggerated. Author Jane Mayer may work at one of America’s snootiest magazines, the New Yorker,…
by Scott Walter on March 17, 2017

Foundation Watch
The Rhode Island Community Foundation at the Century Mark
The Rhode Island Community Foundation, which turned 100 years old last year, is a massive hub of activity in a tiny state. The problem is its grant-making focuses…
by Kevin Mooney on February 5, 2017

Philanthropy
Whitney L. Ball, RIP
We mourn the death of Whitney Ball, who as founder and longtime leader of DonorsTrust was one of the nation’s leading entrepreneurs in conservative and libertarian philanthropy. Her long…
by CRC Staff on August 20, 2015

Blog
How The Left Robs Dead People
The left delights in grave robbing, which helps to explain why support for inheritance taxes (which go by the more honest moniker, death duties, in the U.K.) remains so high…
by Matthew Vadum on November 9, 2009

Blog
Don’t Feel Sorry for Harvard
Instead of temporarily dipping into its nation-sized endowment, Harvard University has decided to lay off 275 workers, Reuters reports: The Ivy League school took the action to meet budget…
by Matthew Vadum on June 24, 2009

Blog
Are Private Foundations and Charities “Public”?
Last Friday the Hudson Institute’s Bradley Center held a symposium on a new monograph entitled “How Public is Private Philanthropy?” issued under the auspices of the Philanthropy…
by Robert Huberty on June 23, 2009