Best of CRC Media Hits for May–June 2022
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Thomas Piketty Proposes Specific Tax Scale for Nonprofit Endowments
Piketty’s new book A Brief History of Equality further explores the origins of wealth disparity and offers various specific policy proposals that he believes would mitigate it, including an annual wealth tax…
Addressing Declining Trust in Nonprofits and Philanthropy
The Center for Effective Philanthropy and the Council on Foundations co-hosted an interesting webinar discussion last week about declining trust in nonprofits and philanthropy in America. Introducing the webinar, the Center noted that “[f]raying trust in…
Vote.org’s Dubious Get-Out-the-Vote Operation
Under IRS regulations, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations can engage in voter registration and get-out-the-vote operations on a nonpartisan basis. They are prohibited from engaging in voter registration or get-out-the-vote efforts that…
Differences, and the Risk of Similarities, Between Government and Private Grantmaking
Claire Dunning’s forthcoming Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State describes and critiques the increasing levels of government support for neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations in Boston beginning…
A Conversation with Retiring Murdock Trust CEO Steve Moore (Part 1 of 2)
In the first part, Steve Moore and I talk about the foundation’s namesake, Jack Murdock, and his fellow Tektronix founder Howard Vollum; the opportunities and challenges of planning for a…
A Conversation with Retiring Murdock Trust CEO Steve Moore (Part 2 of 2)
In the second part, Moore addresses what’s changed in the nonprofit sector overall and its philanthropic component in particular since he began at the Trust, seeking short- and long-term results…
Minnesota’s Government-Funded Nonprofit Debacle
Minnesota is considering legislation that would tighten requirements for nonprofits that receive government grants. This comes amid major fraud allegations against a Twin Cities–area nonprofit called Feeding Our Future. In…
Black Lives Matter Is Lacking Accountability
Scott Walter discusses the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) as reports began circulating that BLMGNF had transferred millions to a Canadian charity to purchase a $6 million mansion…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Partisan Use of Charities
The problem is Mr. Zuckerberg’s apparently partisan use of charities, rather than political groups, for his donations. The IRS states that such groups “are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly…