The overlapping relationships between civil society, government, and philanthropy have a
storied history in the United States. The associative origins of civil society, which played …

Philanthropy is everywhere. In 2013, in the United States alone, some $330 billion was
recorded in giving, from large donations by the wealthy all the way down to informal giving …

Aristotle, a founding father of political science, wrote,“To give away money is an easy matter
and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large, and when, and for …

Philanthropy1 has received growing attention in the mainstream media in recent years (see
for example: Billanthropy, 2006; Byrne, 2002; Doing Well, 2004; Gibbs, 2005/2006; McLean …

From left to right in figure 1.1, Joseph Keppler's Puck Magazine political cartoon “The Two
Philanthropists,” are Jay Gould, the great New York City financier, and William Vanderbilt …

The troubling ethics and politics of philanthropy Is philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to
today's democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for …

The central dilemma of American democracy is the tension between “voice” and “equality”:
between the Constitution's unconditional guarantees of citizens' expressive, associational …

BIG PHILANTHROPY WAS BORN IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE early twentieth century.
The Russell Sage Foundation re ter in 1907, the Carnegie Corporation in 1911, and th …

Voluntary organizations provide a wide variety of services either on contract, in partnership,
or in the absence of government. They also play an essential role in promoting active …

There has been little discussion about the democratic impacts of new roles and expectations
put on private philanthropy and voluntarism in an era of governance beyond the state. This …