New Orleans Here’s one the lawyers did not catch for some of the fast and furious in the non-profit world who believe there is an escape hatch in a federation model or licensing that lets them have all of the power over their affiliates with none of the liabilities or responsibilities for them: no matter …
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Rethinking Social Investments: Unreasonable Institute
Toronto I’ve confessed before that after watching the dissolution of ACORN in the US, I’m now obsessed with self-sufficiency. Philanthropy is too risk adverse and governments are too political vulnerable to be stable funding sources for progressive work. All of which made me eagerly read the piece in the Business section of the New York …
End Charitable Deductions
New Orleans Thinking about it, there’s really not much of a consistent, coherent, politically progressive position that can defend the continued existence of the charitable tax deduction for donors, both citizen and rich. I think we should all do our part to support the government and, hey, even take a shot at the debt, and …