philanthropy

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
What the Generosity Commission Unwittingly Teaches Us About Itself: Making Sense of the Little Black Dots Below
Why have Americans become less generous and less giving of their time? To understand how and why things have changed, The Generosity Commission requisitioned studies from their peers, friends, and…
by Jeffrey Cain on December 4, 2023

Philanthropy
Revisiting Possible Subjects for Hearings Held by Any Future Congressional Committee Investigating Philanthropy
In October 2023, the Giving Review published an updated list of possible subjects for future congressional committee hearings investigating philanthropy. The below list is revised and updated. It newly includes an additional subject—philanthropic…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 30, 2023

Foundation Watch
The William T. Grant Foundation’s Funding of Critical Race Theory
The William T. Grant Foundation is a donor nonprofit that gives between five- and six-figure annual donations to universities and policy groups that in turn fund programs on controversial public…
by CRC Staff on November 30, 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

Philanthropy
Institute for Policy Studies’ The True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy Brings Skepticism and Scrutiny to Ultra-Wealthy’s Giving
A report released today by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), The True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy, comprehensively details how the ultra-wealthy in America use charitable giving to take advantage of tax benefits while…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 27, 2023

Philanthropy
Philanthropy in The Oligarchs’ Grip
n their forthcoming book The Oligarchs’ Grip: Fusing Wealth and Power, David Lingelbach and Valentina Rodríguez Guerra develop and present an academic model of the strategies oligarchs around the world employ to fuse wealth…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 21, 2023

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
by Jonathan Harsh on October 27, 2023

Philanthropy
Philanthropy and the Campus Wars—and Later, the Larger Culture War—in Resistance from the Right
“Conservatives did not win the campus wars of the 1960s, and they failed in almost every way to meaningfully pull faculty and students to the right during their time on…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 24, 2023