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Does sport really improve young people’s development?
President Trump recently repeated his pledge to eliminate the 63-year-old law, which bans charities from engaging in political activities, at the National Prayer Breakfast.
Charities, like all brands, are in a constant battle for attention – and they must win eyeballs more than hearts.
Charities in Australia can be political. They can advocate and lobby to further their charitable purposes. But they can’t be party-political.
A new Chinese law giving police powers over foreign NGOs is indicative of a global trend to restrict the political space available for civil society.
There’s a huge divide in thinking between academia and international development on the role of the internet in economic growth.
Research suggests the answer, surprisingly, may be no, but behavioral science offers a few ways to encourage the wealthy to open their wallets a little wider.
Given Trump’s substantial conflicts of interest, the foundation’s admission of self-dealing should sound a warning to both the president-elect and voters as he takes the oath of office.
Why higher education is a worthy cause for the rich and famous.
Many critics have made outlandish claims, yet beyond the partisan noise there are legitimate concerns that deserve closer scrutiny.
Nottingham City Council are in trouble over a series of anti-begging posters – it’s important to know if their claims stack up.
The Trump Foundation has received lots of scrutiny in recent months questioning how much the candidate gives, where the charity’s money comes from and how it’s used. Here’s what we know so far.
The current lack of transparency in Australian philanthropy raises ethical questions. Far from being a solely private activity, philanthropy needs greater public accountability.
The Clintons’ charities have recently come under scrutiny, leading its largest arm to promise to spin off into an independent organization if Hillary Clinton is elected president.
There is a view that philanthropy from super-wealthy individuals, rather than government policy, will be the force that changes the world for the better. But this seems unlikely in Australia.
Better to be deceived in your motivation than not to give to charity at all, or so the 18th-century Romantics would have it.
Despite failing to meet state government requirements, charities including the Shane Warne Foundation remain registered with the regulator.
Not all lobbying is bad. Some of it does a lot of good.
Their structures and funding give them scope and access that others don’t have, but foundations also lack accountability.
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Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State University
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Principal Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University
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Senior Lecturer, Accounting Department, Auckland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Bath
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Director, Centre for Philanthropy, University of Kent
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Professor of Accounting, University of Sydney
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Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
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Associate Rrofessor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Nonprofit Studies, George Mason University
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, UMass Boston
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Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney