Vikas Maturi

Jul 2, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Vikas Maturi |Meredith Klenkel

Debates about philanthropic pluralism—the collective practice of philanthropists supporting the causes, ideas, and organizations of their choice—are as old as foundations themselves. When the Rockefellers sought to establish the formal structure of a foundation in the US tax code, they pushed to give themselves freedom of choice in who, what, and how they could give.

Apr 2, 2024 | ssir.org | Nicole Carty |Aria Florant |Vikas Maturi

Since the insurrection at the capitol building on January 6, a common refrain in the United States has been that the country’s democracy is “under threat.” And yet, hasn’t democracy always been under threat in the United States? Perhaps, to put it more precisely, it has never existed.