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Phil Buchanan
President of the Center for Effective Philanthropy (2019).
He answers critics of large-scale giving, while agreeing with some of their points.
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- 2019 Phil Buchanan head of Center for Effective Philanthropy
- 24 Jan 2019 Phil Buchanan authored Putting Critiques in Perspective in Pursuit of More Effective Philanthropy
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Putting Critiques in Perspective in Pursuit of More Effective Philanthropy, Center for Effective Philanthropy, 24 Jan 2019.
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Putting Critiques in Perspective in Pursuit of More Effective Philanthropy Phil Buchanan President, CEP
But it’s a big, big mistake to lump all of mega-philanthropy together and paint it with this brush
For example, I agree that tax policy with respect to charitable deductions favors those with more over givers with less in a way that I find impossible to defend
But my view is that the philanthropy I see up close more often fuels our democracy and citizens’ individual liberties
Let me also concede that there has been too much of this kind of philanthropy, for example in education reform efforts in cities like Newark.
we should also hold up and learn from the stunning reduction in worldwide childhood deaths to which the Gates Foundation has contributed.
the well-documented fact that DAFs pay out at a rate significantly higher — a reported more than 20 percent annually — than the typical foundation.
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