The Giving Review

Independent analysis of and commentary about philanthropy and giving

[Inside Philanthropy @InsidePhilanthr]

Often among the largest philanthropies in their states, these foundations were born from a distinctive process that gave rise to hundreds of similar organizations.

IP Staff Reports: https://t.co/xZV57KCUkl

#Philanthropy #HealthEquity #Healthcare #Grantmaking #PublicHealth

[Tim Hwang @timhwang]

Thrilled to announce that @JoinFAI and @IFP will be teaming up this summer to host a no holds barred weekend hackathon devoted to pushing the envelope on how AI might reshape the future of the Washington think tank

Registration and details here. Join us!

https://t.co/tKswFCdzJw

[Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer]

Interesting Sacks post blending AI, philanthropy and some punching of the right

[OpenSecrets.org @OpenSecretsDC]

A new Brennan Center (@brennancenter) poll shows broad bipartisan support for campaign finance reform: 85% support ending dark money w/ mandatory disclosure & 79% back a constitutional amendment to restore limits on money in politics.

Read more: https://t.co/XknLGPjJr9

[John Sailer @JohnDSailer]

It continues:

—Openness is an indispensable condition for serious scholarship

—Thus, we can't replace ideology w/ ideology

—The ideological imposition doesn't just come from within the academy

—As an example, look at the Mellon Foundation (!) (plus other funders)

[John Sailer @JohnDSailer]

NEW: a report from Vanderbilt and WashU just dropped, taking on the "state of scholarship in the humanities and social sciences," a big topic among critics of higher ed.

Read along w/ me 🧵

[The Giving Review @GivingReview]

https://t.co/OuENkE56jN

“American history appears to be a particular area of philanthropic interest. Qatar made a $20 million donation to the Richard Nixon Foundation in 2023 ‘to build a new hall at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum designed to house large-scale, rotating and traveling education exhibitions and programs.’ The same year, Qatar pledged $5 million to the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas.138 Lifetime donations from the Qatar Fund for Development to the Carter Center, a nonprofit organization founded by former President Jimmy Carter, exceed $1 million,” @NatalieEcanow writes for @FDD.

“Meanwhile, the Embassy of Qatar appeared on the International Spy Museum’s list of donors in 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024. Qatar likewise signed an MOU with the Smithsonian Institute in 2020 and donated an undisclosed amount to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 2022,” she continues.

[The Giving Review @GivingReview]

https://t.co/zCdmPPhaMa

Since commencement season, from @GivingReview archives, in 2024 …

[The Giving Review @GivingReview]

https://t.co/OuENkE56jN

“American history appears to be a particular area of philanthropic interest. Qatar made a $20 million donation to the Richard Nixon Foundation in 2023 ‘to build a new hall at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum designed to house large-scale, rotating and traveling education exhibitions and programs.’ The same year, Qatar pledged $5 million to the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas.138 Lifetime donations from the Qatar Fund for Development to the Carter Center, a nonprofit organization founded by former President Jimmy Carter, exceed $1 million,” @NatalieEcanow writes for @FDD.

“Meanwhile, the Embassy of Qatar appeared on the International Spy Museum’s list of donors in 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024. Qatar likewise signed an MOU with the Smithsonian Institute in 2020 and donated an undisclosed amount to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 2022,” she continues.

[The Giving Review @GivingReview]

https://t.co/zCdmPPhaMa

Since commencement season, from @GivingReview archives, in 2024 …

[Bloomberg @business]

French billionaire Pierre-Edouard Sterin is urging lawmakers to change inheritance rules so he can leave his fortune to charity instead of his five children https://t.co/IJoiwUdrWY

[The Giving Review @GivingReview]

https://t.co/moy6dmJVFS

Robert Stilson, “Fiscal Sponsorship Disclosure Is Common Sense, Not an Attack,” @Philanthropy (letter to editor)

[The Giving Review @GivingReview]

https://t.co/moy6dmJVFS

Robert Stilson, “Fiscal Sponsorship Disclosure Is Common Sense, Not an Attack,” @Philanthropy (letter to editor)

[stacy palmer @stacypalmer]

https://t.co/JgPwRD5FjJ

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

https://t.co/tOw7vgySsn

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

@jenniferdoleac Me at jury duty selection...
Judge to jury pool: Is there anything else the court should know about you?
Me: I run a foundation that works on many issues of public policy including criminal justice.
Prosecutor: Strike that guy!!!!

[Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer]

NEWS

Trump donors are funding a secretive nonprofit to fund lawsuits and legal defense for Trump allies.

Including lawsuits against the government.

It’s called the Lawfare Defense Fund

Details with @kenbensinger

https://t.co/sgW4VCeWBf

[The Giving Review @GivingReview]

https://t.co/A7mWC2oPjH

“[T]he progressive cultural elite and the corporate donor class are not in any meaningful sense opponents. They share boards, they share conferences, they share universities, they share HOAs, they draft each other’s white papers, they fund each other’s foundations, they marry each other’s children, for heaven’s sake. Meanwhile, the working family lives outside the room that these elites share, watching as though through a window,” @HawleyMO says during speech at @AmerCompass event (at just less than 30 minutes in).

[The Giving Review @GivingReview]

https://t.co/A7mWC2oPjH

“[T]he progressive cultural elite and the corporate donor class are not in any meaningful sense opponents. They share boards, they share conferences, they share universities, they share HOAs, they draft each other’s white papers, they fund each other’s foundations, they marry each other’s children, for heaven’s sake. Meanwhile, the working family lives outside the room that these elites share, watching as though through a window,” @HawleyMO says during speech at @AmerCompass event (at just less than 30 minutes in).

[stacy palmer @stacypalmer]

https://t.co/gyc93f1dKE