Tech billionaires are pushing for funding to prep for future pandemics. Why not the left?
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Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Builder and Breaker
Eli Broad put his stamp on Los Angeles culture—and his foot down on its public schools.
Posted inCoronavirus
How to Make Philanthropy Actually Address the Crisis
A major new proposal could generate $200 billion in donations to nonprofits—and make wealthy ‘do-gooders’ actually do more good.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Census Count Relies on Private Philanthropy
And that could produce an uneven count depending on the private dollars available in various communities.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Billionaire Class Created Their Own Wealth Tax. It Failed.
The folly of voluntary charity as a substitute for government tax and transfer policies is most evident in the story of the Giving Pledge.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Charitarian Patriotism
Investor, philanthropist, and Patriotic Millionaires founding member Lawrence Benenson discusses solutions to pressing American political and economic inequity.
Posted inWorking in America
Gift Horse or Trojan Horse?
The mixed record of America’s new rich as often self-interested philanthropists
Posted inEconomic Policy
Is Wall Street Taking Over Charity?
For the first time in a quarter of a century, The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual ranking of the nation’s top-grossing charities places a financial-sector “donor-advised fund” at the top of the list.
Posted inEducation in America
Q&A: Pulling Back the Curtain on Education Philanthropy
Political scientist Megan Tompkins-Stange discusses her new book about the role of philanthropic foundations in education policy, and why they should be more accountable to the public.