The nonprofit-sector leader talks to Craig Kennedy and Michael E. Hartmann about the politics of policy reform in philanthropy, the pressures brought to bear on those either proposing or receptive to reform, and the importance of the nonprofit sector.
After discussing some positive trends in philanthropy, the nonprofit-sector leader talks to Craig Kennedy and Michael E. Hartmann about several of its problems and areas for potential reform—including making a few specific suggestions.
The author of a book on Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation talks to Michael E. Hartmann about Melinda French Gates’ grantmaking, as well as potential aggressive policy reforms of philanthropy and whether they could ever be cooperatively pursued by those of different worldviews.
The author of a book on Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the reaction to his book, the degree to which the foundation is representative of establishment philanthropy in America, the recent announcement that the foundation will increase its spend-out rate, and what happened to the (once-)cooperative grantmaking relationship between Gates and Warren Buffett.
A mid-year collection of interesting and insightful passages.
They should not be seen as a source of untoward profit, but as value for money.
An exhortation—and legislation?—about charitable endowments.
