Dean Zerbe

On September 26, “Reshaping the Conversation: How to Rebuild Public Trust in Philanthropy.”

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

Tax likely to remain at current level, at least for now. “The Harvard faculty club should lay in extra scotch for members to drown their sorrows,” according to a tax-policy expert.

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

An exhortation—and legislation?—about charitable endowments.

A former top tax aide to Sen. Charles Grassley talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the 2017 tax-reform bill, the recent harsh critiques of philanthropy, and how he thinks the nonprofit sector should approach any future reform legislation.

A former top tax aide to Sen. Charles Grassley talks to Michael E. Hartmann about his background, what it’s like to work for Grassley and on Capitol Hill, and the state of the nonprofit sector in general and philanthropy in particular.