Roundtable

I know you understand the lure of place, and I wish for you eternal happiness in the lakes, the forests, and the mountains of Heaven.

A compilation of interesting and insightful thinking from the first five of nine recorded discussions since July about grantmaking and giving.

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.

Wealthy foundations and nonprofits need to change their ways—not scare the rest of the field into submission.

A regular curation.

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

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