Donor intent is important for a healthy philanthropic sector. Philanthropy, both big and small, has been a vital force throughout the American experience. It represents the best ways that civil Read more…
“When philanthropy is public money there is really no limit to the number of mandates that someone can dream up to try to impose on the philanthropic sector,” said Christie Read more…
The Philanthropy Roundtable is pleased to announce the selection of John A. and Susan Sobrato as the 2020 recipients of the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership. The prize Read more…
Philanthropic freedom is: the individual or organization’s freedom to exercise human generosity by making voluntary charitable donations for the sake of the well-being and improvement of society, broadly understood, as well asthe Read more…
Executive Summary Donor privacy is critical to the protection of philanthropic freedom—the right of Americans to choose how and where to spend their charitable assets in order to fulfill their Read more…
Donor privacy is critical to the protection of philanthropic freedom—the right of Americans to choose how and where to spend their charitable assets in order to fulfill their diverse missions. Read more…
A recently launched experiment supports parents in educating their own kids during distance learning or otherwise.
Thirty years ago, when Father Greg Boyle was a pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights, he became troubled by the prevalence of gang violence in his neighborhood.
It took from 1878 to August 18, 1920 for the Constitution s 19th Amendment to be ratified. Join us as we celebrate this important milestone in American history. How are we teaching today s young people about the story of the 19th Amendment and the challenges faced by the women s suffrage movement in pursuit of its goals? What can we learn from this long-fought battle for equality that helps us understand how to strengthen our free society today?
While many donors have turned toward humanitarian efforts to ease the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, some are looking at a different sort of humanitarian work.
A majority of donors plan to keep giving to religious causes despite covid-19.
In the wake of recent social unrest, numerous reports of vandalism and destruction of monuments and memorials including veterans monuments and war memorials have regularly appeared in the news. This has sparked a robust public debate around the question of which monuments should remain and which should be removed. As civic art becomes a flash point in our national conversation, how should the philanthropic sector respond? What are the social, cultural, and legal implications of building, maintaining, and removing monuments and memorials? What criteria should donors use to determine which monuments and memorials to fund?
Donor privacy is critical to the protection of philanthropic freedom—the right of Americans to choose how and where to spend their charitable assets in order to fulfill their diverse missions. Read more…
California’s unconstitutional gender quota mandate for corporate boards poses a serious threat to philanthropic freedom. The Roundtable filed an amicus brief in support of a legal challenge to the law, Read more…
The charitable deduction – which has the effect of removing taxes from gifts to charity – is an acknowledgement by Congress that money donated to organizations for a tax-exempt purpose Read more…
Philanthropy recently spoke with Jonathan Greenberg of the Jack Miller Family Foundation about mobs tearing down statues and how donors can fund civics education.
Defund the police! Abolish the police! These calls are being shouted all over the country in a wave of protests and tension since the death of George Floyd. But these calls for police reform are not new. For decades, activists have called for change. What is different in 2020? Why are the voices are getting stronger and higher in number? Most importantly, how do we cut through the noise and rhetoric to identify which strategies will help improve both policing and community safety within the American constitutional system?
You may have recently seen a contributor piece in Inside Philanthropy entitled “DAFs Are a Monument of Wealth and Power That Must Come Down.” The title alone is an attention-grabber, and the Read more…
The Supreme Court just delivered a victory for school choice, but only time will tell how much it will affect students across the U.S.
A RealClearPolitics spinoff from the Spring 2020 issue of Philanthropy magazine.