The Giving Review

Independent analysis of and commentary about philanthropy and giving

[Scott Hodge @scottahodge]

According to Kaiser’s 2024 tax return, there were 41 employees earning more than $1 million. Kaiser had more employees earning more than $1 million than there were millionaire players on the 2025 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers (28).
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[Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer]

A New Democratic-Tied Dark-Money Group Draws Scrutiny Over Midterm Spending

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[Scott Hodge @scottahodge]

If Kaiser Permanente was a publicly traded company, it would be the 35th largest firm by total sales, larger than household brands such as AT&T, Goldman Sachs, Comcast, Wells Fargo, Dell, Target, and Tesla. Yet, it is tax-exempt.
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[Scott Hodge @scottahodge]

The granddaddy of the $1.3 trillion tax-exempt healthcare industry is Kaiser Permanente, which is not only the largest nonprofit hospital and healthcare operation in the US, but the largest nonprofit of any kind. I estimate that Kaiser benefits from $2.2 billion in tax-exemptions at the federal, state, and local level.
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“AutoWorld had been in the planning stages for years, but it all came together in the early 1980s, backed by the C.S. Mott Foundation and a host of local business and political leaders,” @BuddyMoorehouse writes in @mich_enjoyer.

[Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer]

Jensen and his wife, Lori, just funded a massive charitable foundation with $6 billion in the most recent fiscal year.

By the way!

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“AutoWorld had been in the planning stages for years, but it all came together in the early 1980s, backed by the C.S. Mott Foundation and a host of local business and political leaders,” @BuddyMoorehouse writes in @mich_enjoyer.

[Naomi Schaefer Riley @NaomiSRiley]

"I asked a group of social- work school representatives—all from red states—how they’d describe our profession’s mission. Their answer: Social work is more needed than ever because it can convert their communities." https://t.co/90BEh9XRSx via @WSJFreeEx

[New York Post @nypost]

Mamdani signs law giving nonprofits first dibs to buy distressed NYC properties https://t.co/LZwvxESyYU

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@DonorsTrust’s Giving Ventures podcast, Ep. 121, “Philanthropy After the Midterms”

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@DonorsTrust’s Giving Ventures podcast, Ep. 121, “Philanthropy After the Midterms”

[Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer]

For all the shit that billionaires get for not being effective at politics, the California billionaire tax failing is a good counter example!

Behind the scenes on how the rich and famous of Silicon Valley killed this thing.

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[The New Republic @newrepublic]

The Much Maligned “Groups” Are the Reason Democrats Won the Midterms https://t.co/QCb9U2seVi

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: Bill Gates owns a dominant stake in America's second-largest landfill operator, but he's failed to make the company live up to his own climate principles. Inspectors have repeatedly found excess methane escaping from its landfills. https://t.co/A89aLUq89O

[Rick Berman @Richard_Berman]

Don't get misled by patriotic appeals—find out where your donation is really going.

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Recent articles, op-eds, and research about philanthropy and giving … @InsidePhilanthr @J_Gould_ @NASorg @hellomag @TheEconomist @StupskiFDN

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Recent articles, op-eds, and research about philanthropy and giving … @InsidePhilanthr @J_Gould_ @NASorg @hellomag @TheEconomist @StupskiFDN

[stacy palmer @stacypalmer]

Connecticut Prep School Head Resigns in Face of I.R.S. Investigation https://t.co/eFjzt9M7d7

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Asked by @campusreform’s @ElizondoDC whether the tax-exempt status of some of America’s wealthiest universities should be revoked, @SenRickScott answers, “Absolutely.”

”First off, here’s what I never have understood,” Scott says. “I’ve never understood why there’s similar businesses that one pays taxes and one doesn’t pay taxes. It’s never made any sense to me, right?”

”They both are trying to make a profit, or they wouldn’t stay in business, so they’re both for-profit, right? You can look at all sorts of businesses that, just because of the corporate structure, we don’t tax them,” he continues.

”[W]e should not be taking American tax dollars and sending it to a school that wants to destroy our way of life,” according to Scott.

”They should, one, be taxed, and number two, they shouldn’t be getting any federal money if they’re going to support somebody who wants to destroy our way of life.”

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Asked by @campusreform’s @ElizondoDC whether the tax-exempt status of some of America’s wealthiest universities should be revoked, @SenRickScott answers, “Absolutely.”

”First off, here’s what I never have understood,” Scott says. “I’ve never understood why there’s similar businesses that one pays taxes and one doesn’t pay taxes. It’s never made any sense to me, right?”

”They both are trying to make a profit, or they wouldn’t stay in business, so they’re both for-profit, right? You can look at all sorts of businesses that, just because of the corporate structure, we don’t tax them,” he continues.

”[W]e should not be taking American tax dollars and sending it to a school that wants to destroy our way of life,” according to Scott.

”They should, one, be taxed, and number two, they shouldn’t be getting any federal money if they’re going to support somebody who wants to destroy our way of life.”