The research fellow talks about Alexis de Tocqueville, whether “civil society” and the “nonprofit sector” are the same thing, and what his new Philanthropy Roundtable research on government funding of nonprofit entities has to say both to their leaders and to policymakers, if anything.
The research fellow talks about his new Philanthropy Roundtable report on government funding of nonprofit entities and the ways in which various forms of government benefits can compromise their independence—as well as the range of conditions government can and cannot, and should and shouldn’t, attach to its funding of them.
The real-estate developer, activist, and civic builder talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the idea of time limits on foundations, as well as his and his wife’s own donor intent—and the worth of the hard work in determining and articulating it.
