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Gradually and Then Suddenly: The Sixty-Year Crack-up of Federal Funding for Nonprofits (1 of 2)
The Trump Administration has decimated longstanding patterns of federally-funded, nonprofit-delivered services. But the system's many and mounting…
Jun 19
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Gradually and Then Suddenly: The Sixty-Year Crack-up of Federal Funding for Nonprofits (1 of 2)
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Congress Should Measure Twice and Cut Once on Charitable Sector Reform
The House GOP's ill-considered excise tax hike on foundations would put these institutions – and the pluralistic charitable sector they support – on a…
Jun 5
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Congress Should Measure Twice and Cut Once on Charitable Sector Reform
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May 2025
The Meaning of Democracy
In 1943, amid World War II, E.B. White received a request from the Writers’ War Board asking for his definition of “The Meaning of Democracy." His…
May 22
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Daniel Stid
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Civil Society in the Second Trump Administration: Reckoning with the Meaning of "Nongovernmental"
100 days in, President Trump has profoundly disrupted civil society. This presents a massive set of challenges – and two opportunities.
May 6
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Daniel Stid
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Civil Society in the Second Trump Administration: Reckoning with the Meaning of "Nongovernmental"
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April 2025
Peter D. Stid, Citizen, Rest in Peace
Reflections on a civic life well-lived.
Apr 21
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Daniel Stid
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Peter D. Stid, Citizen, Rest in Peace
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Competitive Authoritarianism Comes for Civil Society
Should the Constitution's self-defense mechanisms give way, civil society will be the last bulwark against authoritarian drift. Five vital signs will…
Apr 6
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Daniel Stid
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Competitive Authoritarianism Comes for Civil Society
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March 2025
Needed: Grantmakers for Civic Education
The civic education field is brimming with promising new developments that can help reboot our constitutional democracy. More far-sighted philanthropy…
Mar 20
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Daniel Stid
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Needed: Grantmakers for Civic Education
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Time to Start Thinking about the Nonprofit Sector
“Gentleman, we have run out of money. It is time to start thinking.” — Ernest Rutherford
Mar 6
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Daniel Stid
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Time to Start Thinking about the Nonprofit Sector
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February 2025
Philanthropy's Fork in the Road
The Trump Administration is hellbent on "deconstructing the administrative state" and consolidating power. This is blowing up the strategies of many big…
Feb 21
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Daniel Stid
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Philanthropy's Fork in the Road
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PS: Three Further Reflections on "Pluralism in the Trump Era"
Convening with nearly 200 dedicated pluralists sparked some additional riffs on last week's post.
Feb 6
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Daniel Stid
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January 2025
Pluralism in the Trump Era
A growing movement of "new pluralists" has made real headway. But now we have come to the hard part of the journey.
Jan 28
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Daniel Stid
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Martin Luther King Jr. and the American Political Tradition
A bonus post to commemorate MLK day
Jan 17
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Daniel Stid
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Martin Luther King Jr. and the American Political Tradition
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