Starting Over with A Donor-Advised Fund

Starting Over with a Donor-Advised Fund Blog Post

An accurate, albeit overused phrase is “to wipe the slate clean”. While perhaps outdated in its technology (what 25-year-old has ever experienced a classroom ‘slate’?), the reference to starting over…

Battling Regulation Takes Education and Action

Battling Regulation Takes Education and Action Blog Post

As a continuation of our Expert Giving series, we asked Adam Brandon, the President of FreedomWorks, to frame the current landscape around government regulation and to share his advice on how…

Outside the Office: The Value of Community

Outside the Office: The Value of Community Blog Post

I write this at a cruising altitude of 34,000 feet. It’s a familiar and, dare I say, comforting spot. Complaints today about the U.S. airline industry specifically and air travel…

Harvey

Responding to Harvey with Sound Philanthropy Blog Post

Private philanthropy stitches together our social fabric. We have a unique American instinct to give to those in need, to support ideas with our dollars, and to privately fund the…

Freedom to Prosper: Our Core Philosophy

Freedom to Prosper: Our Core Philosophy Blog Post

Sometimes we need to take the bigger perspective. On one hand, it reminds us why we do what we do. On the other, it may actually change the world. Charity…

Undermining our Influence

Undermining our Influence or Practicing Charitable Choice? Blog Post

Is the influence of conservative philanthropists overblown (particularly among right-leaning policy-focused foundations)? Howard Husock, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, suggests that the narrative of conservative foundations being bigger and…