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Why cash remains sacred in American churches

by James Hudnut-Beumler / Forum

Why cash remains sacred in American churches

BY James Hudnut-Beumler

Why do people still need cash in churches?

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2 things to avoid when communicating with millennials

BY Carter Skeel

Treating your younger donors the way you treat everyone else…

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Silicon Valley philanthropy and plain English

BY Martin Morse Wooster

Could grantmakers be persuaded to fund proposals written in plain English?

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The air we breathe: understanding the relationship between private and public sectors

BY Jeff Polet

How has the modern state affected the role of intermediary civil institutions in our society?

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Silicon Valley philanthropy and plain English

BY Martin Morse Wooster

Could grantmakers be persuaded to fund proposals written in plain English?

The air we breathe: understanding the relationship between private and public sectors

BY Jeff Polet

How has the modern state affected the role of intermediary civil institutions in our society?

The fox guarding higher education’s philanthropic hen house

BY Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill

Too many donors place their trust in university leaders with a preference for unrestricted dollars, who ask donors to invest millions without the benefit of independent advice or oversight.

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The left’s N.R.A.

BY Martin Morse Wooster

Will changes in the A.C.L.U. help or hurt civil society?

Underappreciated lessons from philanthropic support of the Federalist Society

BY Michael E. Hartmann

Given recent attention to the Federalist Society, policy-oriented donors can learn some underappreciated lessons from the Society’s early philanthropic support.

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Supreme Court orders disclosure for dark money, as new report unveils some donors. The ruling closes, at least for now, a loophole that has allowed wealthy donors to finance aggressive ads while staying anonymous…. read more

The growth in total household giving is camouflaging a decline in giving by small and medium donors: what can we do about it? We’re at an important inflection point in the balance for charities, philanthropy, and society. … read more

St. John’s College to slash tuition with new ‘philanthropy-centered’ plan, with the hopes of making tuition more affordable for its students… read more

Unexpected, but not coincidental, developments provide an instructive case study into the regional arts philanthropy boom in places like the Rust Belt… read more

Gospels of Giving for the New Gilded Age. Are today’s donor classes solving problems or creating new ones?… read more

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