I’ve been writing about the role of philanthropy in democracy for the past few years. Through my work with the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, I’ve come to understand a little better the work of one significant component of American philanthropy: private philanthropic foundations. Foundations are institutional oddities in democratic societies. They are [...]
Categories: Boston Review,PACS,Research
This week marks the release of a new book on the Occupy movement – Occupy the Future, from Boston Review/MIT Press – that I had a hand in producing. (Order information: Amazon, Powell’s, MIT Press). The Occupy movement peaked, it’s fair to say, in the fall of 2011. Occupy Sandy and Occupy Debt notwithstanding, the [...]
Categories: Boston Review,Research,Stanford
Stanford’s Center on Ethics in Society has several fellowships for post-doctoral scholars in two areas: scholars working generally on ethics and scholars (including those with social science PhDs) working in some way on questions concerning educational opportunity. Full details here: The Center for Ethics in Society Post Doctoral Fellowships For 2013-2014, we seek up to [...]
Categories: Ethics in Society,Jobs,Research,Stanford
The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society will once more appoint two post-doctoral fellows for a 1 or 2 year fellowship. Full description of the fellowship is below, and information about how to apply is here. Postdoctoral Fellowship Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society Application deadline: January 9th, 2013 Stanford PACS invites applications [...]
Categories: Jobs,PACS,Research,Uncategorized
The Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford University is once again seeking applicants for several post-doc fellowships. There’s a terrific roster of current post-docs available here Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities for 2012-2013 For 2012-2013, The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society seeks up to four new postdoctoral fellows. We welcome candidates with substantial normative [...]
Categories: Ethics in Society,Jobs,Research
The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society is a relatively new outfit here at Stanford. Its mission is to cultivate research from any corner of the university on issues related to philanthropy, nonprofits and nongovernmental orgs, or civil society/associational life. We understand the subject matter quite broadly. For the past four years we have been [...]
The Political Theory Workshop at Stanford University will resume in Winter Quarter on Friday, January 9. Josh Cohen and I co-direct the workshop, and we’ve got a great line-up for the new quarter. The workshop meets on Fridays, 1:15-3pm. Full details about the workshop can be found here. To join the mailing list for the [...]
Tagged: Political Theory Workshop, Research, Teaching
Stephanie Strom’s article from Sunday, “Charities Rise, Costing US Billions in Tax Breaks“, which cited some research I conducted with a couple of Stanford students this summer, has elicited some interesting commentary on the web. Princeton’s Stan Katz, a long-standing commentator on philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, posted a reply on the Brainstorm blog of [...]
Tagged: 501c3, Anything Goes, Stan Katz
The IRS approved more than 50,000 new organizations as 501c3 nonprofits in 2008. It has approved more than 50,000 organizations for every year of the past decade, leading to a massive growth in the nonprofit sector. The number of 501c3s has grown by more than 50% in just a decade. What kinds of organizations are [...]
Tagged: 501c3, Anything Goes, nonprofit, PACS