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corporate philanthropy

The Intersection of Corporate Philanthropy and Private Sector Lobbying

By Danielle Holly | January 28, 2019

A new study reinforces the impact that corporate donations have on policy outcomes through strategic nonprofit partnerships.

philanthropic influence

Does Wealth Guarantee Wisdom? Persistent Questions about the New Mega-Donor Era

By Martin Levine | November 30, 2018

More funding for the nonprofit sector sounds like good news, but there is an underside, says one commentator after another. What’s the big deal, anyway?

Catholic Church

Pope Pulls Rank at Papal Foundation after Being Foiled in Directing a Grant

By Marian Conway | April 2, 2018

Pope Francis has cancelled the annual meeting of the Papal Foundation, after the Board of Trustees rejected a $25 million grant request he supported to fund IDI, a hospital in Rome.

Nonprofit News

Rob Reich on the Undemocratic Bent of Big Philanthropy 

By Martin Levine | July 28, 2017

A recent profile of Stanford University Professor and philanthropic critic Rob Reich provides an interesting perspective of on the potential downside of very wealthy people using their assets for what they believe to the public good.  

Nonprofit News

The Habit of Exclusion: Questions Raised by Activists on the “Chattanooga Way”

By Ruth McCambridge | August 8, 2016

The following questions should be asked and answered by major philanthropies and nonprofits pursuing policy in every city in the country.

Philanthropy

Can “Effective Altruism” Really Change The World?

By Lisa Herzog | February 24, 2016

Philanthropy must help transform the world, not simply make choices that appear to be rational within the current global order.

Nonprofit News

Edlis/Neeson Exhibit Opens This Week at Art Institute of Chicago

By Patricia Schaefer | December 11, 2015

Eight months after closing the deal on the largest gift in its history, the museum is opening it up to the public on December 13th.

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Billions in Hedge Fund Wealth behind the Robin Hood Foundation

By Rick Cohen, National Correspondent | May 14, 2015

 
The Hedge Clippers group in New York has produced a tough analysis of the hedge fund billionaires behind the Robin Hood Foundation, suggesting that their philanthropy is outweighed by what they do to promote policies that exacerbate income inequality.

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