Scott Walter

Scott Walter is executive vice president of the Capital Research Center in Washington, D.C. He also heads Campion Consulting, which provides philanthropic consulting for donors in the fields of education, civic literacy, and aid to the underprivileged; and customized writing for nonprofits and businesses.

Scott served in the Bush Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. He was responsible for all educational issues from pre-K through postdoctoral levels. His portfolio also included Head Start, assimilation of immigrants, faith-based and community initiatives, and the Corporation for National and Community Service. Prior to joining the White House, Scott was vice president for publications and research at the Philanthropy Roundtable, a donor group. There he edited Philanthropy magazine, one of the field’s most respected journals, and also produced numerous donor guidebooks on such topics as charter schools, assisting the poor, school choice, conservation giving, and funding public policy research. Scott has also been a senior editor at the American Enterprise Institute’s flagship publication and a senior fellow at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.

A graduate of Georgetown University, Scott lives with his wife, Erica, and their four children in Maryland.

RECENT POSTS BY SCOTT WALTER

• House Committee to investigate nonprofit fundraising by Sebelius. Letters have gone to her and to 12 large corporations, including H&R Block (because Obamacare intersects IRS/taxes).… MORE >>

• IRS Inspector General’s report in full is available at http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/700698/i-r-s-inspector-generals-report-on-targeting.pdf… MORE >>

• IRS scandals connect to the scandal of HHS Sec’y Sebelius fundraising for pet nonprofits.… MORE >>

• IRS apologizes/denies wrongdoing

  The IRS simultaneously apologized on a Friday (to minimize media scrutiny) and denied it had done anything wrong, or done anything wrong for political reasons, or done anything wrong at a high level of the organization.… MORE >>

• Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) says “community” is central to America’s flourishing and conservatism’s political success.… MORE >>

• Eugenics, social science, and philanthropy make famed blogger Albert Ruesga uneasy.… MORE >>

• George W. Bush, compassionate conservatism, political seduction and political failure – a heady stew in William Schambra’s latest Chronicle of Philanthropy essay.… MORE >>

• Nonprofits for bribery

  “Bribery isn’t what it once was,” said an official with one of the major gun-control groups.… MORE >>

• The KY nonprofit reportedly responsible for illicitly taping Sen. Mitch McConnell is not a “nonpartisan” outfit.… MORE >>

• Silence in the war on women

  Does silence help women? I mean, silence about violations of women’s rights?… MORE >>