Six New Efforts to Get Philanthropists to Open Up Their Wallets

Over the last year and a half, every month it’s felt like there’s been a new effort to force, or at least encourage, philanthropists to open their wallets a bit wider and give away what’s inside sooner. … Read the full article at Inside...
Are We Living in a Golden Age of Charitable Giving? Hardly.

Are We Living in a Golden Age of Charitable Giving? Hardly.

First the good news. Charitable gifts made this week on Giving Tuesday soared to a new high, an estimated $274 million raised online in just 24 hours. That’s an impressive outpouring of generosity that underscores the enduring power of small donors in an era...

Big Donors, Inequality, and the Threat to Civil Society

In an ideal America—the kind conjured by the writings of Alexis de Tocqueville—civil society would be the undisputed realm of the every man. While the rich might dominate in business and the political class might reign in government, civil society would endure as the...

Hollowed Out: Big Donors, Inequality, and the Threat to Civil Society

In an ideal America—the kind conjured by the writings of Alexis de Tocqueville—civil society would be the undisputed realm of the everyman. While the rich might dominate in business and the political class might reign in government, civil society would endure as the...