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Philanthropy
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…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 12, 2023

Philanthropy
Peter Thiel: “Money Doesn’t Work That Well”
During last week’s episode of Bari Weiss’s Honestly podcast, multi-billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, political activist, and philanthropist Peter Thiel brief talked about the effectiveness of giving in the contexts of…
by Michael E. Hartmann on May 24, 2023

Special Report
Mapping Soros’s ‘Philanthropy’ at Home and Abroad
Billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros has a philosophy about how society should work, adapted from philosopher Karl Popper’s theory of the “open society.” Accordingly, he has donated more than…
by CRC Staff on June 9, 2021

CRC in the News, Deception & Misdirection
The Left’s “Dark Money” Support Network
CRC's Hayden Ludwig joined host Richard Mendelow to discuss how the Left funds big activist groups, environmental groups, and labor unions to push policies that most people wouldn’t support if…
by Hayden Ludwig on April 27, 2021

CRC in the News, Deception & Misdirection, Media Hits
Privatization of Elections May Be Coming to an End in Some States
Last week, CRC president Scott Walter appeared on Just the News to discuss how Mark Zuckerberg and the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) effectively privatized the 2020 election…
by Scott Walter on April 26, 2021

Featured Items
Featured Video: How to Destroy Faith in American Democracy
Regardless of what actually happened in the 2020 election, the worst possible thing the government could do is to double down on the problems that allowed the 2020 election to…
by CRC Staff on March 23, 2021

CRC in the News, Media Hits
Privately Funded Elections
CRC President Scott Walter talks with Melody Scalley on Politics on the Edge about Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan's massive $350 million grant to the Center for Tech and…
by Scott Walter on February 18, 2021

Philanthropy
The Fate of Philanthropic Funding for Faded “Blue Ribbons”
Following the 2000 election—about which, recall, there had been more than a little controversy—the private, “blue-ribbon” National Commission on Federal Election Reform was convened to study and make recommendations about…
by Michael E. Hartmann on January 13, 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

Labor Watch
The NLRB Rigs the Rules:
 [PDF here] A long-time union lawyer is enjoying his high post at the National Labor Relations Board, where he and his allies…
by Diana Furchtgott-Roth on February 16, 2015