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News & Stories Civics Education 08/28/2024

Steamboat Institute’s Campus Liberty Tour: “Inspiring Americans to Greatness” 

During a time of increasing polarization, The Steamboat Institute (SI) has been a leader bringing civilized discourse back to college campuses. By hosting robust debates among the most renowned experts in the country, their successful Campus Liberty Tour puts current topics like fiscal responsibility, national defense, the role of government and individual responsibility directly in front of college students. Their goal is to increase critical thinking and civics knowledge by showing attendees how to think, not what to think.

News & Stories Free to Give 08/26/2024

Serving Los Angeles: A Conversation with Bill Ahmanson

Philanthropy Roundtable’s Free to Give campaign elevates the voices of everyday Americans who have dedicated their careers to supporting those in need. Their work is made possible by the freedom of Americans to give to the causes and communities they care about most.

News & Stories Donor Intent 08/22/2024

Donor Intent Watch: Harvard Decides on Sackler Name and Donor Dispute at College of the Holy Cross  

In 2023, following the passage of the Donor Intent Protection Act in Kansas, Philanthropy Roundtable launched a monthly series on donor intent developments and controversies nationwide to better inform those who care about this important topic. The Donor Intent Protection Act has now passed in Kentucky and Georgia as well, and efforts on behalf of this legislation continue in additional states.

Resources Sector Regulation 08/22/2024

From Insight to Impact: Examining Proposed Tax Changes for Nonprofits

Jack Salmon

Recent proposals to tax nonprofits like for-profit businesses overlook fundamental differences between the sectors, such as nonprofits’ mission-driven focus and reinvestment requirements and could harm smaller organizations providing vital services.

News & Stories Higher Ed 08/21/2024

John Sailer: Unearthing Corruption and Illiberalism in Higher Education 

Philanthropy Roundtable recently met with John Sailer, senior fellow and director of university policy at the National Association of Scholars, to discuss his groundbreaking investigative research and reporting on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) agenda in higher education. 

News & Stories Higher Ed 08/16/2024

Higher-Ed Transitions: Will New Leadership Offer Opportunities for Needed Reform?

With the recent resignation of the third Ivy League president in the 10-month period following October 7, 2023, university trustees are likely to face continued questions about hiring policies and practices

News & Stories Family & Faith Institutions Health & Mental Health Poverty Alleviation 08/15/2024

“Enter here. Start anew.”: A Conversation with Citygate Network

Citygate Network is North America’s oldest and largest community of independent, faith-based crisis shelters and life-transformation centers. Started in 1906, the organization has grown to partner, educate, train and guide a network of 300 member organizations.

News & Stories Civics Education 08/14/2024

Civics Playbook Shows How Donors Can Transform Civics Education Through Strategic Investments 

This week, Philanthropy Roundtable, with support from the Daniels Fund, is launching a new Civics Playbook, a digital resource for donors looking to make wise investments in high-impact organizations dedicated to enhancing civics education nationwide. The organizations featured in this resource reflect the Roundtable’s core values of liberty, opportunity and personal responsibility and bring those values to bear in the crucial area of civics education. 

Resources Civics Education 08/09/2024

Founding Forward

Founding Forward educates approximately 3,000 middle and high school students and 350 teachers from around the country each year through in-person civics education programs in Philadelphia and Valley Forge.

News & Stories Giving Trends 08/09/2024

Misguided Metrics: Understanding Charitable Trends After Tax Reform 

As the debate around renewing provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) heats up, a new working paper claims those tax cuts reduced charitable giving. A deeper dive reveals those claims are misleading as the analysis falls short in scope and methodology, while discounting the significance of higher income and growth on long-term patterns of charitable giving. 

Resources Civics Education 08/09/2024

Ashbrook Center

The Ashbrook Center’s teacher education program has hosted over 900 programs for thousands of teachers, which has grown their network to over 30,000 teachers nationwide.

Resources Civics Education 08/08/2024

Junior Achievement of Georgia

Through Junior Achievement (JA) of Georgia 55,000 sixth graders will experience JA BizTown’s civics and business program this school year.

Resources Civics Education 08/08/2024

Florida Education Foundation

Florida Civics and Debate Initiative has had 4,289 students actively participate in competitive speech and debate and also helped provide civics training to 6,000 Florida educators, which has impacted 765,000 students and counting.

Resources Civics Education 08/08/2024

Georgia Center for Civic Engagement 

The Georgia Center for Civic Engagement served 167,000 students in the 2023-2024 academic school year through their various hands-on civic programs.  

Resources Civics Education 08/08/2024

Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement 

Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement has had over 2,000 students participate in their experiential learning exercises, over 7,000 students participate in their literature and history-based mock trial program and 530 teachers have studied at their Summer Teacher Institutes.

Resources Civics Education 08/08/2024

The Museum of the American Revolution 

The Museum welcomed more than 6,500 individuals through free admission and access programs and 45,383 students in the 2022-2023 fiscal year and was named one of USA Today’s “10 Best” history museums in the United States for 2024.

Resources Civics Education 08/08/2024

The National Association of Scholars, Civics Alliance

Civics Alliance’s American Birthright standards have been adopted in Woodland Park School District in Colorado, and proposed for adoption in Colorado and Ohio. Their Model Civics Alliance legislation has informed laws in Florida, Iowa, Ohio and Texas.  

Resources Civics Education 08/07/2024

National Constitution Center

The National Constitution Center has reached about four million students with their Constitution 101 curriculum since it launched in fall 2022. It is planning to launch a student-facing course in partnership with Khan Academy, and a middle school version of the curriculum.

Resources Civics Education 08/07/2024

National Civics Bee®

The National Civics Bee expanded from five communities in 2022 to more than 100 communities across 28 states in 2024, reaching more than 8,000 middle school students.

Resources Civics Education 08/07/2024

Jack Miller Center

The Jack Miller Center is leveraging its network of 1,100 university professors to drive innovative reforms in higher education through the American Political Tradition Project, to transform professional training for K-12 civics and history teachers through the Founding Civics Initiative.