Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is a town steeped in Americana. It was the site of one of the most important battles in the Civil War, memorialized by a cemetery that Abraham Lincoln dedicated with perhaps his most important address. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower lived there; his home and farm are now a national historic site. One… Read more »
By Suzanne Garment and Leslie Lenkowsky This article first appeared in the Chronicle of Philanthropy on January 4, 2019. It’s probably tempting for many wealthy donors and others in philanthropy to view the Trump Foundation’s legal problems as an aberration. But the closure of the foundation last month speaks volumes about problems that are all… Read more »
Do you want to learn more about philanthropy this holiday season? Professor emeritus Leslie Lenkowsky, Ph.D., discusses the five best philanthropy-related novels. This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal. The Blithedale Romance By Nathaniel Hawthorne (1852) The first half of the 19th century saw a variety of American experiments in utopianism—philanthropic efforts meant… Read more »
Last month, the University of Louisville announced it was changing the name of its football stadium from “Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium” to simply “Cardinal Stadium.” How come? Papa John’s founder and board chairman, John Schnatter, confirmed a report in a Forbes magazine article (it’s long and contains material that may offend some) that he used… Read more »
By Suzanne Garment and Leslie Lenkowsky California, that cradle of legislative creativity, has become the first state to take concrete steps to help people avoid the new limit on federal deductions for state and local taxes. The state’s Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill to let Californians pay 85 percent of their state taxes into… Read more »