“Charitable Election Rigging”
Parker Thayer discusses his new report “How Charities Secretly Help Win Elections” on The Charlie Kirk Show. The Everybody Votes campaign—the largest and most corrupt “charitable” voter registration effort in…
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REPORT: 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…
Scott Walter Talks “Dark Money” and the DISCLOSE Act
There is no set definition of “dark money.” Even in Senate hearings on “dark money” where a legal definition would be expected, the loudest complainers refuse to offer a definition.
Legislation Against Politicization
U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald’s newly introduced STUDENT Act—the “Stopping Teachers Unions from Damaging Education Needs Today” Act—would, among other things, amend the National Education Association’s (NEA’s) federal charter to prohibit…
The Ford Foundation: A Case Study in Chinese Cooperation and Money
what is the relationship between the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs and the large nonprofits it oversees. And how much does this seep into or influence foreign nonprofits—such as the…
A Conversation with the University of Oregon’s Renée A. Irvin
The economist and scholar of the nonprofit sector and philanthropy talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the definition(s) of “dark money,” and her recent article, “How Dark Is It? An…
Peter Thiel: “Money Doesn’t Work That Well”
During last week’s episode of Bari Weiss’s Honestly podcast, multi-billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, political activist, and philanthropist Peter Thiel brief talked about the effectiveness of giving in the contexts of…
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…
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…
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,…