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15
May
2023

10
May
2023
Peter Thiel: “money doesn’t work that well”

ICYMI: on Bari Weiss’ podcast last week, billionaire talked about effectiveness of giving in contexts of politics and nonprofits.


09
May
2023
Mediating structures: the early days

William A. Schambra’s opening keynote address at the American Enterprise Institute conference on “The Social Breakdown.”


08
May
2023
Donors in Hell to Pay

Michael Lind’s new book about the working class and labor unions adds to his thought about what big givers are doing in both politics and philanthropy, whom they’re ignoring, and the results.


02
May
2023

01
May
2023
Follow the money

Conservative donors need to take a hard look at where their dollars go.


26
Apr
2023
Revisiting philanthropy in The Dictatorship of Woke Capital

Newly out in paperback, Stephen R. Soukup’s straightforward explanation of increasing “wokism” in the country’s for-profit sector necessarily includes the roles of some who are in the nonprofit sector, too.


24
Apr
2023
A conversation with Catholic philanthropist Timothy R. Busch

The successful entrepreneur and Napa Institute founder talks to Michael E. Hartmann about his grantmaking, the importance of a focus on mission, and the continuing relevance of the work of Michael Novak.


18
Apr
2023
A conversation with billionaire philanthropist David M. Rubenstein (Part 2 of 2)

The Carlyle Group co-founder and co-chairman talks to Daniel P. Schmidt and Michael E. Hartmann about his upcoming PBS documentary series examining the history and meaning of some of America’s iconic national symbols.


17
Apr
2023
A conversation with billionaire philanthropist David M. Rubenstein (Part 1 of 2)

The Carlyle Group co-founder and co-chairman talks to Daniel P. Schmidt and Michael E. Hartmann about what he calls “patriotic philanthropy.”