Capital Research, January 2025
In the January 2025 issue of Capital Research magazine, the “emerging Democratic majority” doesn’t show up for the 2024 election, over 150 anti-Israeli groups that want to destroy the United…
fiscal sponsorship
A Conversation with the Capital Research Center’s Robert Stilson (Part 2 of 2)
In considering any reform of fiscal sponsorship, “I think there’s a balance you have to strike,” Stilson tells me. “I’m not saying that fiscal sponsorship should be restricted meaningfully” or…
Who Paid for That? The Problem with Analyzing Federal Grants
Activists both inside and outside the administration are highlighting government spending for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to recommend eliminating. But some of the commentary hasn’t been quite right,…
Thinking About Fiscal Sponsorship: Purpose and Politics
On the surface, fiscally sponsored projects can look and act just like independent nonprofits. Some weigh in on controversial sociopolitical issues and affect associated public policy debates. Unlike standalone nonprofits,…
Thinking About Fiscal Sponsorship: Pop Ups and Perpetuity
Countless nonprofits engage in political or public policy activism on controversial matters, and some do so from radical perspectives. But fiscal sponsorship raises some unique issues that are not present…
Thinking About Fiscal Sponsorship: The Form 990 Black Hole
IRS Form 990, an annual return that most nonprofits are required to file with the IRS, provides considerable detail about the filing nonprofit’s financials, leadership, activities, and more. But Form…
Thinking About Fiscal Sponsorship: Potential Reforms
On the one hand, fiscal sponsorship is a common and legitimate arrangement that can provide important benefits to small and/or new tax-exempt ventures. At the same time, some issues—particularly with…
Updated List of Various Ideas to Reform Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector
During the past several years, The Giving Review has tried to conscientiously track contemplated or proposed ideas to reform philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. Again acknowledging its partiality and anticipating…
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.