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.
In a Letter to the Editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy entitled “Donor Privacy Is Essential. Stop Asking Lawmakers to Force Disclosure,” Philanthropy Roundtable’s Director of Policy Research Jack Salmon responds to recent proposals by Giving Review Senior Fellow Craig Kennedy that would force nonprofits to name their donors.
Kim Dennis joined Philanthropy Roundtable’s board of directors in January, continuing a longstanding relationship with the organization that began more than three decades ago. Dennis, president and CEO of the Searle Freedom Trust, served as the Roundtable’s first executive director from 1991-1996.
Philanthropy Roundtable recently sat down with Leah Kral, author of “Innovation for Social Change: How Wildly Successful Nonprofits Inspire and Deliver Results,” where Kral delivers a blueprint for nonprofit leaders on how to innovate and lead their organizations into the future.
In an op-ed recently published in Newsmax entitled, “Envisioning a Promised Land of Academic Freedom on MLK Day,” Philanthropy Roundtable Adjunct Senior Fellow Patrice Onwuka says higher education institutions have failed Dr. Martin Luther King’s hope for America by declining to embrace free speech and diversity of thought on campus.