Tax Reform 1969

Philanthropy
A Conversation with Leslie Lenkowsky About Trust, or the Lack of It, in Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector (Part 1 of 2)
The Indiana University professor Leslie Lenkowsky talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the degree to which trust, or lack of it, in wealth and the wealthy may or may not…
by Michael E. Hartmann on May 1, 2025

Organization Trends
A Conversation with the Capital Research Center’s Robert Stilson (Part 2 of 2)
In considering any reform of fiscal sponsorship, “I think there’s a balance you have to strike,” Stilson tells me. “I’m not saying that fiscal sponsorship should be restricted meaningfully” or…
by Robert Stilson, Michael E. Hartmann on February 24, 2025

Foundation Watch
Congressional Questions About Politicized Philanthropy Almost Half a Century Ago
Citing the Ford Foundation and some of its grantmaking specifically, President Richard Nixon’s pugilistically populist advisor Patrick J. Buchanan told a Senate Watergate Committee hearing in 1973 that “tax exempt multimillions have…
by Michael E. Hartmann on July 26, 2022

Philanthropy
Leaders of Aggressive Congressional Investigations of Philanthropy—Past, and Potential Future?
Progressive and populist, and academic and popular, critiques of grantmaking certainly seem to be on the rise of late. These is an increasing intensity to them. Congressional curiosity, it sure…
by Michael E. Hartmann on February 28, 2022

Philanthropy
The Ford Foundation, the 1967 Cleveland Mayoral Election, and the 1969 Tax Reform Act
The origins of much of American nonprofit tax law’s lines between philanthropically supportable charity and politics lie in a controversial July 1967 Ford Foundation grant to the Congress of Racial…
by Michael E. Hartmann on February 8, 2021

Foundation Watch
Tax Reform 1969: Looking Back Fifty Years
Tax Reform 1969 (Full Series) Looking Back Fifty Years | Ford vs. Patman | Foundational Change | Moving Forward Confidently SUMMARY: In 1969, routine Congressional hearings on…
by Neil Maghami on August 9, 2018