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5 conservative proposals that could reshape philanthropy—and how to prepare

Craig Kennedy

Republican lawmakers are committed to nonprofit reform in 2025. That could spell challenges for the field.

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19Dec2024
The Powell memo

More overstatement of “the Powell memo’s” role

Michael E. Hartmann

This time, however qualified, in Mehrsa Baradaran’s new progressive critique of neoliberalism.

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28May2024
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Conservative philanthropy and the “parallel polis”

William A. Schambra

In the framework of the “parallel polis” for which N. S. Lyons called at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels, there already exists a latent one in America’s central-city neighborhoods.

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1May2024

AEI: alleged meeting never took place

Phoebe Keller

On February 9, The Giving Review ran a piece authored by Julius Krein, “What Do Conservative Donors Want?,” that alleges that the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) “recently had to hold an all-hands meeting to discuss whether it was still a conservative institution.”  The statement is laughably false. No such meeting has happened, or could happen,… Continue reading AEI: alleged meeting never took place

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14Feb2023

A conversation with Howard Husock about civil society and philanthropy (Part 2 of 2)

Michael E. Hartmann

The American Enterprise Institute senior fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about donor-advised funds and anonymous giving through them, as well as the large, mostly progressive foundations’ influence and self-perpetuating non-accountability.

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10Feb2022

A conversation with Howard Husock about civil society and philanthropy (Part 1 of 2)

Michael E. Hartmann

The American Enterprise Institute senior fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about his career, the Civil Society Awards program, whether civil society is a “luxury good,” and philanthropy and donor-advised funds.

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9Feb2022

1 > 10,000,000

The GR Editors

Philanthropy and data, oxytocin and neurological unity, and love and charity in Arthur C. Brooks’ new book on the culture of contempt.

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29Nov2021

Propinquity and philanthropy: a follow-up conversation with AEI’s Ryan Streeter

Michael E. Hartmann

“The Role of Community in Place-Based Giving,” new paper in series from think tank, explores why strong communities matter and how philanthropists can strengthen the local fiber that helps communities improve.

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3May2021

Where are they now?

The GR Editors

A telling historical snapshot of five foundations.

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29Jul2020
Rick Hess

A conversation with the American Enterprise Institute’s Rick Hess (Part 2 of 2)

Michael E. Hartmann

The education scholar speaks with Michael E. Hartmann about “big-R” and “little-r” reform, “big-P” and “little-p” philanthropy, school choice, and an “ivory tower of our own.”

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14Jan2020

Debate about philanthropy breaks out during discussion of conservative magazines

Michael E. Hartmann

You may have missed it.

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16Oct2019

The push of corporate leaders’ liberal enemies now matches the pull of their conservative friends, and it’s time to push back

William A. Schambra

Not skew corporate pronouncements and practices toward philanthropic purposes.

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8Oct2019
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