higher education

Philanthropy
Effort to Reduce Tax on Income of Elite Higher-Education Endowments Dropped
Earlier this month, the House of Representatives’ Rules Committee released a version of H.R. 5376, styled as the Build Back Better Act, quietly eliminating an earlier-included provision that would have…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 17, 2021

Philanthropy
Enchanted with the Elitist of Exempt Endowments
Many have seen implications for the underlying legal structure and practice of American philanthropy in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017’s excise tax on the investment income…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 5, 2021

Deception & Misdirection
Selling Terrorism Through Nonprofits
As the U.S. tries to grapple with how—and how much—funding is used to promote anti-American propaganda within the U.S., the Confucius Institutes have attracted an enormous amount of attention. The…
by Sarah Lee on April 6, 2021

Philanthropy
Looking at the Largest Higher-Education and Grantmaker Endowments in America
Of the 50 largest higher-education and grantmaker endowments in America, as measured by total assets and reported in their publicly available data for 2018, 28 were those of institutions of…
by Michael E. Hartmann on March 8, 2021

Organization Trends
The Confucius Institutes and CCP Propaganda on College Campuses
In January, Biden’s Department of Homeland Security dropped a proposed rule by the Trump administration that would have required universities to disclose their agreements with Confucius Institutes. Confucius Institutes are…
by Sarah Lee on March 1, 2021

Dangerous Documentaries, Featured Items
The Politically Incorrect Guide: The New Animated Webseries
The Politically Incorrect Guide, a project of Dangerous Documentaries and the Capital Research Center, kicked off this morning, releasing its first episode, “The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution.” Podcasters and authors Tom Woods and Michael…
by CRC Staff on January 25, 2021