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Putting Critiques in Perspective in Pursuit of More Effective Philanthropy

Phil Buchanan’s 2019 blog post answering critics of philanthropy.

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24 Jan 2019

Published 24 January 2019 by the Center for Effective Philanthropy. It answers Anand Giridharadas and Rob Reich on three points: big givers, democracy and donor-advised funds.

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    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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