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Philanthropy
A Conversation with Loyola Law School’s Ellen P. Aprill (Part 1 of 2)
The nationally prominent legal expert in the taxation of nonprofits talks to Michael E. Hartmann about her career, the different revenue-raising and regulatory roles of the IRS, the non-revenue-related role…
by Michael E. Hartmann on April 5, 2023

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Loyola Law School’s Ellen P. Aprill (Part 2 of 2)
The nationally prominent legal expert in the taxation of nonprofits talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the taxation of higher-education endowments, comparing and contrasting the rationale for it to that…
by Michael E. Hartmann on April 5, 2023

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Symposium Contributor Joel Kotkin
A prolific author and incisive commentator, Joel Kotkin is the Roger Hobbs Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., executive director of Urban Reform Institute in Houston,…
by Michael E. Hartmann on March 3, 2023

Philanthropy
Tax-Law Professors Recommend GAO Investigation of Charities’ Involvement in Politics
“Such an examination by a respected Congressional agency could reassure both critics and defenders of the IRS generally and the Exempt Organizations division in particular,” according to Ellen P. Aprill…
by Michael E. Hartmann on February 15, 2023

Philanthropy
Philanthropy and The Myth of Left and Right
Hyrum and Verlan Lewis’s new "The Myth of Left and Right: How the Political Spectrum Misleads and Harms America" is, in the authors' own words, a short, tightly argued, question-provoking “attempt to…
by Michael E. Hartmann on January 10, 2023

Special Report
Charity or Billions for the Left’s Voter Pipeline? How and Why [REPOST]
Common sense might suggest that foundations interested in voter turnout should bankroll get-out-the-vote efforts rather than registration campaigns to get the most bang for their buck. In fact, they fund…
by Hayden Ludwig on January 2, 2023

Organization Trends
Fake Charities Are Spending Millions to Help Democrats Win Elections [REPOST]
Fake charities such as the Voter Participation Center, State Voices, and the Voter Registration Project siphon tens of millions of dollars every year from billionaires and their charitable foundations to…
by Parker Thayer on December 29, 2022

Deception & Misdirection
Ken Paxton’s Questions of Mark Zuckerberg-Funded CTCL Show Investigative Power of State Attorneys General
Earlier this month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that he issued a “civil investigative demand” to the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) as part of an investigation into whether the…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 22, 2022

Featured Items
Capital Research, September 2022
In the September issue of Capital Research, the “emerging Democratic majority” thesis has not aged well, the FBI’s bad apples are showing, Scott Walter and Bradley A. Smith correct some…
by CRC Staff on November 17, 2022

Organization Trends
Mystery of Biden’s Chaotic Immigration Policy Exposed in Nonprofit Funding
The American people can’t be blamed for confusion over Joe Biden’s official policy on illegal immigration, but a cursory look at federal funding flowing into immigration-related nonprofits might clear things…
by Sarah Lee on October 21, 2022