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A regular curation.

A regular curation.

A regular curation.

A regular curation.

An end-of-year collection of interesting and insightful thinking about grantmaking and giving.

An end-of-year collection of interesting and insightful passages.

A regular curation.

A regular curation.

A regular curation.

A regular curation.

A regular curation.

A mid-year collection of interesting and insightful thinking about grantmaking and giving.

A regular curation.

A regular curation.

A regular curation.

All contributions to The Giving Review online symposium, which have been published here during the past weeks, are now compiled in one printable document, “Conservatism and the Future of Tax-Incentivized Big Philanthropy.” The symposium is meant to earnestly and meaningfully explore conservatism’s past and future relationships with the country’s philanthropic establishment, which is overwhelmingly predominantly progressive,… Continue reading Contributions to “Conservatism and the Future of Tax-Incentivized Big Philanthropy” compiled in one document

An end-of-year collection of interesting and insightful passages.

An end-of-year collection of interesting and insightful thinking about grantmaking and giving.

A lengthening list.

President Joe Biden’s recent announcement that the federal government will forgive $10,000 in federal higher-education debt for most borrowers and up to $20,000 for recipients of federal Pell Grants has again brought some attention to large endowments of colleges and universities. Some have proposed increasing taxes on these endowments to help government finance the forgiveness. The 2017… Continue reading An updated collection of articles about the tax treatment of higher-education endowments

A mid-year collection of interesting and insightful thinking about grantmaking and giving.

A mid-year collection of interesting and insightful passages.

A “joke,” and other characterizations.

William A. Schambra, Further thoughts on “other-side” giving, July 17, 2019 (“The tricky part of ‘other-side’ giving for conservative funders—the dilemma that also faced capitalist funders of socialist trade unions after World War II—is that the grants aren’t going to compliant ideological allies who share the full range of conservative political beliefs. They’re going to… Continue reading A collection of Giving Review articles about conservative international philanthropy, during and informed by the Cold War

A mid-year collection of interesting and insightful thinking about grantmaking and giving.

Checking the power of progressive Big Philanthropy An updated collection of various recent ideas to reform philanthropy Plutocrats and their philanthropy: More ideas for saving the soul of the charitable sector Conservatives should applaud—not fight—efforts to change philanthropic giving rules We agree, foundations should be held accountable for high salaries and staggering expenses What would… Continue reading A collection of Giving Review articles about or related to philanthropy reform

A year-end collection of interesting and insightful thinking about grantmaking and giving.

A year-end collection of interesting and insightful thinking about grantmaking and giving.

A year-end collection of interesting and insightful passages.

A year-end collection of interesting and insightful passages.

Carnegie Institution apologizes.

Additional options for grantmakers interested in helping refine or redefine conservatism moving forward.

And now, “political love.”

John Arnold and Ray Madoff float some suggestions of their own.

A year-end collection of interesting and insightful quotes.