The line between charity and politics can be extraordinarily blurry. This is problematic, as politics is inherently quarrelsome and divisive, and these are words that very few would use to…
Is it, or at least should it be, charitable to fund political-advocacy protest over controversial sociopolitical issues? Our colleague Robert Stilson calls it “megaphone philanthropy,” and perhaps the prototypical practitioner…
Big Philanthropy is often rightly criticized for the large share of its grantmaking that supports activism and public policy advocacy, necessarily at the expense of funding for the traditional charitable…
The most consistent theme running through the Marguerite Casey Foundation’s activities is a central focus on group identity—chiefly race and ethnicity, but also immigration status, sexual orientation, and more—which it…
the Marguerite Casey Foundation’s approach often appears openly political and sometimes virtually impossible to separate from electoral outcomes. As 501(c)(3) organizations themselves, private foundations are categorically prohibited from directly or…
What is truly gut-wrenching about much of what the Marguerite Casey Foundation funds is how wasteful it is. For all the leftist activist groups it bankrolls, all the divisive political…
The presidential-transition teams that Joe Biden announced last week include more than 20 members who are identified as being employed by left-of-center philanthropic foundations or grantmaking entities in America. George Mason University…
See article PDF in Foundation Watch. Few Americans realize it is legal for foundations to fund, and public charities to conduct, voter registration and “get out the vote” drives. The…