In a Letter to the Editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Philanthropy Roundtable’s Senior Director of Policy and Government Affairs Elizabeth McGuigan and Senior Fellow in Business and Economics at Pacific Research Institute Wayne Winegarden responded to a recent article.
Presidents’ Day was originally a commemoration of George Washington’s birthday. He considered civic virtue to be essential, saying in his famous Farewell Address, “Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government,” and to Marquis Lafayette that the government “can never be in danger of degenerating into a monarchy, an oligarchy, an aristocracy, or any other despotic or oppressive form; so long as there shall remain any virtue in the body of the people.”
Philanthropy Roundtable has opened nominations for its 2023 Simon-DeVos Prize for Philanthropic Leadership. Each year, the Prize honors a living philanthropist who has shown exemplary leadership through charitable giving with a $200,000 award that is payable to the winner’s charitable organization of choice.
In a new Philanthropy Roundtable video, the Center for Equal Opportunity’s President and General Counsel Devon Westhill discusses why he supports our True Diversity initiative.
Ideologically charged threats to freedom of thought and academic inquiry are growing on college and university campuses. In response, nonprofits and private philanthropy are joining together to remedy this grave crisis.
WASHINGTON – February 15, 2023 – Philanthropy Roundtable announced that nominations are open for its annual Simon-DeVos Prize, which recognizes philanthropic excellence by honoring a living philanthropist who has shown exemplary leadership through his or her own charitable giving.
In an article recently published in Washington Examiner, Elise Westhoff, president and CEO of Philanthropy Roundtable, writes that, instead of relying on the government to solve problems in our communities, charitable organizations respond quickly and effectively to the many concerns facing our country today.
The economic headwinds blowing across the U.S. economy have presented challenges for the charitable sector. Despite inflation, a stock market plunge and rising unemployment, Americans broke records for giving to charity in 2021 through donor-advised funds (DAFs), or personal charitable giving accounts.
In a new Free to Give video that demonstrates why Americans should have the freedom to give to the causes and communities they care about most, Philanthropy Roundtable spoke with some of the administrators and donors who have been instrumental in making Cristo Rey a success.
WASHINGTON – January 31, 2023– Philanthropy Roundtable found that overregulation in the United States may lead to fewer charities in a state, according to The 50 State Index of Charity Regulations , released today and authored by Pacific Research Institute economist Wayne Winegarden for the Philanthropy Roundtable.
Philanthropy Roundtable released a new report that seeks to start bridging this research gap. Written by Wayne Winegarden, economist for the Pacific Research Institute, the study, titled “The 50-State Index of Charity Regulations,” analyzes five key areas of charitable sector regulations, ranks the states according to the regulatory burdens in these areas and examines the impact overregulation has on a state’s charitable landscape.
In an article originally published as part of The Giving Review’s symposium, Joanne Florino explains how conservatives can help improve lives, grow and strengthen civil society and demonstrate the power of private giving.