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Philanthropy
The Tenuous Place of Big Philanthropy in America’s Social Contract
Supposedly charitable philanthropy in America is tax-incentivized and has always occupied a nebulous position in the American polity—neither fully public nor pristinely private. Policy-oriented philanthropy, in particular, is large and getting larg­er,…
by Michael E. Hartmann on January 3, 2024

Special Report
BEST OF 2023: How Charities Secretly Help Win Elections
The Everybody Votes campaign—the largest and most corrupt “charitable” voter registration effort in American history—may have decided the 2020 presidential election and could decide 2024. Commissioned by Clinton campaign chairman…
by Parker Thayer on December 26, 2023

Featured Items
BEST OF 2023: Everybody Votes Campaign Masquerading as a Charity to Register Democrat Voters
Some crazy stuff is going on behind the scenes at America's charities. Even though the IRS forbids charities from getting involved in elections, crafty political operatives have been ignoring those…
by CRC Staff on December 26, 2023

Education Reform
Legislation Proposed to Increase Taxes on Large University Endowments
On Thursday morning, U.S. Sen. J. D. Vance introduced the College Endowment Accountability Act on the Senate floor. The Ohio Republican’s legislation would increase the excise tax on endowment net…
by Michael E. Hartmann on December 19, 2023

Philanthropy
Ways and Means’ Subcommittee Considers Changes in Law on Tax-Exemption, Foreign Funding, and Politics
During the U.S. House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing earlier today about the “Growth of the Tax-Exempt Sector and the Impact on the American…
by Michael E. Hartmann on December 15, 2023

Testimony
Text of Scott Walter’s Testimony Before the House Ways and Means Committee
Foreign money in our politics is opposed by nearly everyone—left, right, and center. Our happy task of bringing Left and Right together on this threat should be even easier, because…
by Scott Walter on December 14, 2023

Testimony
Scott Walter Testifies About Foreign Money in American Politics Before House Ways and Means Committee
Testifying before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, discussed foreign money in American politics. For example, Over the past two decades,…
by Scott Walter on December 14, 2023

Philanthropy
A Conversation With Liberty Lost Author Robert E. Wright (Part 1 of 2)
The American Institute for Economic Research senior research fellow talks with Michael E. Hartmann about his research, why Tocquevillian voluntary association became such a beneficial part of America’s social contract,…
by Michael E. Hartmann on December 6, 2023

Philanthropy
A Conversation With Liberty Lost Author Robert E. Wright (Part 2 of 2)
The American Institute for Economic Research senior research fellow talks with Michael E. Hartmann about the perverse incentives of the tax system on nonprofits, what hypothetically would happen to the…
by Michael E. Hartmann on December 6, 2023

Philanthropy
Charity and Big Philanthropy on Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday surely ranks among the great success stories of grassroots charity. Dating back to only 2012, in scarcely a decade it has grown to become a widely recognized annual…
by Robert Stilson on November 28, 2023