The Giving Review

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/… “[I]f I were a billionaire donor right now, I’d put my money on Elon Musk getting to Mars before I’d bet on any of these aspiring reformers to succeed. Because it seems to me that they still don’t get how their party came to this moment—and they don’t…

wsj.com/arts-culture/b… Much of @JTSVoice’s Jack Wertheimer’s “nuanced and wide-ranging book deals with how a small and often ill-treated religious group developed such a sizable charitable enterprise,” Leslie Lenkowsky writes in @WSJBooks review of Wertheimer’s Jewish Giving.…

spiked-online.com/2025/07/22/fas… “Trump’s political enemies still control most of the media, academia and the vast non-profit world,” @joelkotkin writes in @spikedonline. “The sinews of civic culture remain–churches, independent journals, local associations and small businesses–although…

compactmag.substack.com/p/the-crisis-o… On @compactmag_’s great Blame Theory podcast, @g_shullenberger and @AshleyAFrawley discuss eugenics and how it relates to the crisis of liberalism … 1/4

thegivingreview.com/a-conversation… In 2nd part of 2-part conversation with @GivingReview’s @mhartmannmke, The Schuck Initiatives chairman Stephen M. Schuck talks about the idea of time limits on foundations, as well as his and his wife’s own donor intent—and the worth of the hard work in…

apnews.com/article/barack… @GlennGamboa, “Ford Foundation’s outgoing president joins the board of Obama Foundation,” @AP

freebeacon.com/california/new… @AndrewKerrNC, “Gavin Newsom Pushed Private Foundation To Donate $500,000 to Anti-ICE Defund Police Group, Records Show,” @FreeBeacon

thegivingreview.com/a-conversation… In 1st part of 2-part conversation with @GivingReview’s @mhartmannmke, The Schuck Initiatives chairman Stephen M. Schuck talks about the principle of donor intent and the practical importance of articulating it with some specificity. “I think the biggest…

amazon.com/Virtue-Nationa… Second edition of @NatConTalk’s @yhazony’s The Virtue of Nationalism has been released … 1/2

americanmind.org/salvo/brotherh… “Don’t give $20 million to a university that thinks white men are evil. Give it to a house. A real one. Fill it with ten of the best young men you can find. Pay their rent. Feed them. Teach them. Give them books and a door that locks,” @lucca_ruggieri…