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Anthropic's S-1 explicitly makes clear that the founders' commitment to donate 80% of their personal equity is revocable / non-binding.
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thegivingreview.com/in-the-a… @GivingReview co-editor @WilliamSchambra sees opportunity for nonprofit sector after midterms to confront waste, fraud, and abuse … “If such self-examination has been postponed because it might seem to give aid and comfort to the enemy,” he writes, “that excuse will have been removed.”
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No doubt there are plenty of journalism scholarships on the left and right. But $10 million in funding to bash progress? That hurts, writes @andykessler on.wsj.com/4BpLK9L
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thegivingreview.com/in-the-a… @GivingReview co-editor @WilliamSchambra sees opportunity for nonprofit sector after midterms to confront waste, fraud, and abuse … “If such self-examination has been postponed because it might seem to give aid and comfort to the enemy,” he writes, “that excuse will have been removed.”
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Nearly half of all hospitals are exempt from paying US corporate income taxes. As healthcare spending rises, lawmakers have questioned whether hospitals are providing as much in community benefits as they derive from tax exemptions. Read more: hubs.ly/Q04C2Ps00
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The Ford Foundation on Thursday laid out a new strategy that reorients the 90-year-old grantmaker around what it calls the “preconditions for thriving democracies,” from the rule of law to trustworthy information and inclusive economies. bit.ly/4dYgAMx
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DOL Clarifies When a Nonprofit's "Employee" Can Sometimes Be A "Volunteer," Too fplglaw.com/insights/dol-cla…
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mindingthecampus.org/2026/10… @NASorg’s @macrotermiteman “is concerned with the political strings attached to government funding,” his colleague @J_Gould_ writes. “I am too. But even if private philanthropy frees universities from government influence,” Gould cautions, “it does not necessarily free them from ideological influence.”
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mindingthecampus.org/2026/10… @NASorg’s @macrotermiteman “is concerned with the political strings attached to government funding,” his colleague @J_Gould_ writes. “I am too. But even if private philanthropy frees universities from government influence,” Gould cautions, “it does not necessarily free them from ideological influence.”
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MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is nonprofit in name only. Over the past decade, it has booked nearly $1.4 billion in tax-free profits. So, who is benefiting from these profits, the general public or the executives and outside physicians who use the hospital for their private gain? Read Part 2 of my look at whether Georgetown Hospital earns it’s tax-exempt status: scottahodge.substack.com/p/p…
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brandeiscenter.com/wp-conten… @brandeiscenter urges @TheJusticeDept to investigate whether @unrwausa, U.S. charity affiliate of @UNRWA, should be required to register as foreign agent …
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brandeiscenter.com/wp-conten… @brandeiscenter urges @TheJusticeDept to investigate whether @unrwausa, U.S. charity affiliate of @UNRWA, should be required to register as foreign agent …
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