Donor-advised funds (DAFs) have emerged as a powerful tool for charitable giving, offering flexibility and a streamlined approach to philanthropy. A new study by the DAF Research Collaborative, the largest of its kind to date, sheds light on the inner workings of DAFs, revealing their immense value for donors and their growing impact on communities in need.
Philanthropy Roundtable recently sat down with Ambassador Andrew Bremberg, president of Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, to discuss his organization’s mission through its many educational resources.
The Roundtable is proud to announce its support for the Safeguarding Charity Act.
The Roundtable is proud to announce its support for the Safeguarding Charity Act.
This important legislation, introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL), would protect the independence of tax-exempt organizations and reaffirm that tax-exempt status alone is not government assistance.
Devon Westhill, a True Diversity partner and the president and general counsel of the Center for Equal Opportunity, wrote an op-ed at RealClearPolicy on how lawyers have developed tunnel vision in the obsessive pursuit of diversity that perpetuates discrimination.
Philanthropy Roundtable’s Program Manager Kathryn Hougham recently sat down with Daniel Asia, president of The Center for American Culture and Ideas (CACI), to discuss how the Center promotes the American intellectual experience through engagement with the aesthetic, historical, economic and philosophical foundations of American society.
Established in 1967 with neither a specific mission nor a staff, the foundation was led for its first 33 years by its founder, William E. Simon, whose career history encompassed banking, private equity and public service.
In the most recent episode of Philanthropy Roundtable’s interview series “Doers to Donors,” Roundtable President and CEO Christie Herrera spoke with Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg, founder and chairman of The Orchestra of the Americas Group.
Philanthropy Roundtable announced nominations are open for its annual Simon-DeVos Prize for Philanthropic Leadership. This Prize honors a living philanthropist who has shown exemplary leadership through charitable giving with a $200,000 award to the winner’s charitable organization of choice.
After hearing oral arguments earlier this month in two related cases about commercial fishing regulations, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to tackle a landmark case that could impact every American: the fate of a precedent called Chevron deference.
Ahead of National School Choice Week, the Roundtable spoke with Kathleen O’Toole, assistant provost for K-12 education at Hillsdale College, about the institution’s K-12 Education Office. The office works with K-12 schools, parents and teachers to found and support a nationwide network of classical schools and revive the American tradition of K-12 education.
As higher education donors continue to make public their dissatisfaction with various institutions’ responses to the Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7 and other campus issues, we are beginning to see critics questioning “donor power” in general and – in some cases – the concept of donor intent.
In an op-ed recently published in Washington Examiner, “When DEI Threatens the Arts, Embracing Merit is the Way Forward,” Philanthropy Roundtable Program Manager Kathryn Hougham explains how diversity quotas have shifted the focus of some orchestras from creating beautiful music to making hiring decisions based on demographics.