Robert Huberty

Robert Huberty is Executive Vice President and Director of Research at Capital Research Center (CRC). Before joining CRC in 1993, he served in several positions at The Heritage Foundation, which he joined in 1980 to help edit Mandate for Leadership, the well-known volume of public-policy advice that was widely used by the Reagan Administration. Subsequently, he was Director of the Resource Bank (1983-91), where he acted as the Heritage liaison to conservative public-policy organizations, and Director of Academic Programs (1991-93). Earlier, Huberty was a research assistant to former President Richard Nixon, assisting on President Nixon's Memoirs (1978). He is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine, from which he received B.A. and M.A. degrees in American history.

RECENT POSTS BY ROBERT HUBERTY

• The new IRS Form 990. Helpful? To whom?

  There was an interesting congressional oversight hearing yesterday morning (May 16) on the tax-exempt nonprofit sector.… MORE >>

• Auditing the Social Innovation Fund

  The Obama Administration announced last year that it would make available $50 million in grants to innovative social service nonprofits.… MORE >>

• Is philanthropy a profession? Should it be?

  Last Thursday William Schambra, director of the Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, introduced a panel of speakers to address the question “Is Philanthropy a Profession?… MORE >>

• Pork barrel philanthropy

  I finally saw The Art of the Steal… MORE >>, a terrific 2009 documentary film on how politicians and foundations seized control of the famous Barnes collection of post-impressionist art.

• Philanthropy–Is the money private or public?

  Is giving to the art museum as good as giving to the homeless shelter?… MORE >>

• More mandatory community service

  The federal government keeps coming up with proposals to make “community service” a condition for receiving its benefits.… MORE >>

• Campaign finance shenanigans

  Most media commentary on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the case “Citizens United vs.… MORE >>

• More on Giving USA

  I just attended a Bradley Center panel in Washington, DC on the release of the annual Giving USA report.… MORE >>