charity

Expanding the charitable deduction is not a good use of taxpayer subsidies. Taxpayers would be better off with lower tax rates and greater take-home pay.

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

To some, a “parade of horribles,” or a “slippery slope;” to others, a “menu of options.”

A regular curation.

The funders and nonprofits reshaping American life.

The Juicero of Big Philanthropy.

A new day.

The fifth in a series of five republished articles to mark our fifth anniversary.

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

Protest as “charity.”

The polymath and Substack writer talks to Michael E. Hartmann about libertarian and progressive views of the roles of government, for-profit business, and nonprofit charity.

The polymath and Substack writer talks to Michael E. Hartmann about his government service, his Substack page, the role nonprofits should and actually do play in America, and generally outlines potential policy reforms related to nonprofits.

Daniel Schlozman’s and Sam Rosenfeld’s new book tells how wealthy givers, on both the left and the right, have played a part in weakening political parties, and thus also politics and policymaking, in America.

A regular curation.

If successful, the suit would further politicize the charitable world, to its great detriment.

The Instapundit founder and Substack writer talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the tax incentivizations given to the nonprofit sector and whether they’re really effecting their original policy purpose, and what to consider doing about it.

This year’s election demands greater scrutiny of nonprofits involved in political activities.

Is there a “Charity, Inc.” and if so, what could perhaps be done about it?

Remembering Cordelia Taylor and her love for others.

Remarks at the Council on Foundations annual conference a decade ago.

What might she think of The New York Times’ in-depth investigation of nonprofits and politics?

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

Where New Labour boldly reformed schools, Keir Starmer retreats to the class-war comfort zone.

Education is a public good, but so is medicine and Pfizer doesn’t claim to be a charity.

The University of Chicago sociologist talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the political construction of philanthropy and charity, current strains on that construction, a potential revival of mutual aid, and what it might mean for our us all as a nation.

The Assumption University professor and author talks to Daniel P. Schmidt and Michael E. Hartmann about charity, justice, subsidiarity, and what the Holy Father calls “political love” in the new encyclical.

The Assumption University professor and author talks to Daniel P. Schmidt and Michael E. Hartmann about the Holy Father’s new encyclical and its “innovations” in Catholic social teaching.

From AOC and two popes.

Should you give to charity based on emotional ties or on calculated rational analysis?