Philanthropy

When ultra-wealthy donors dominate philanthropy, our charities are less resilient.

Every year, wealthy donors divert more money into intermediaries, drying up the river of donations meant for working charities. We can change that.

Secretive funding from ultra-wealthy donors has shaped the courts and public policy. Here's how one donor-advised fund has facilitated that.

A set of our hot takes from the National Philanthropic Trust’s latest report on DAFs.

The newly formed Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute envisions a world of shared prosperity, where ultra-high net worth individuals join in the struggle for economic justice.

Taxpayers are subsidizing donors who retain control of their wealth instead of sharing it through philanthropy.

Publishers of donor-advised fund data are including hundreds of thousands of workplace giving accounts in their averages. That skews the picture.

Our 2022 findings, publications, conversations, and political prospects made it clearer than ever that we need meaningful charity reform – and that a strong majority agrees.

Champions of a more egalitarian society made important strides, building the power of workers while reducing the power of wealthy tax dodgers and greedy pharma execs.