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Experts at Free State Event Warn Against Expanded Federal Role in Broadband, Media Regulation

Speakers at the foundation’s 20th anniversary luncheon criticized the Universal Service Fund and questioned the FCC’s broadcast public-interest standard.

In the Cradle of Liberty, Educational Freedom Should Be the Default

RealClearWire—This summer, Philadelphia is celebrating its role as the birthplace of America. Tourists from around the world are descending on Independence Hall, where 250 years ag...

Foundations are emphasizing their community services to counter narratives of fraud and partisanship

NEW YORK (AP) — A nationwide network of charitable foundations is encouraging its members to emphasize their positive contributions to American life, a 250th anniversary campaign a...

Heritage Foundation Awards $1M in Prizes to Nonprofits

The Heritage Foundation on Thursday announced the recipients of its annual “Innovation Prizes,” a program that awards $1 million in prizes to nonprofit organizations for their work...

Community Foundation Reports $6.6M Impact in 2025

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley distributed more than $6.6 million in grants, scholarships and charitable support in 2025, according to its annua...

Pennsylvania governor opposes popular school choice options

Jack Fowler writes for National Review Online about Pennsylvania Democrats’ opposition to education options their constituents support. Americans are strongly in favor of charter s...

$6B Commonwealth Team Forms Hybrid RIA

A team of Commonwealth advisors has launched a hybrid RIA, Bartholomew & Company, while keeping custodial and broker/dealer ties with LPL Financial.

New Commission Launches to Chart Next Chapter of Foreign Assistance

Co-chaired by former Gov. David Beasley (R – South Carolina) and former Sen. Ben Cardin (D – Maryland), Rockefeller and Packard Foundations, along with other partners, launch initi...

How a Few Foundations Shape American Higher Education

How a Few Foundations Shape American Higher Education Elizabeth Redden Wed, 07/01/2026 - 03:00 AM They answer only to themselves, and many mean to last f...

What Pennsylvania’s Digital Ad Tax Proposal Would Actually Do

Pennsylvania lawmakers are looking to impose the Commonwealth’s existing telecom gross receipts tax (GRT) on companies providing digital advertising services in Pennsylvania.

Commonwealth launches $2bn lawsuit against PFAS manufacturer

The Commonwealth is seeking over $2 billion in damages against 3M, the company responsible for manufacturing a firefighting repellent for defence sites known as aqueous film-formin...

NRA Foundation Rebrands as 1791 Foundation Amid Fight Over $200 Million Treasury

The NRA Foundation, now calling itself the 1791 Foundation, controls a donor-funded treasury worth more than $200 million. The question now is whether governance reforms meant to p...

Pennsylvania's GRID Standards and the Fatal Conceit of AI Industrial Policy

The Mountain States Policy Center: Teaching Liberty Through Competition 

On May 2, 2026, teams from Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming came together at the Idaho State Capitol to battle for the “We the Students: Mountain West Civics Cup.” The event...

Citizens Budget Commission creates new data tracker to measure state, regional competitiveness

Andrew Rein, president of the Citizens Budget Commission of New York, joins Capital Tonight.

Foundation assets keep growing amid tax threats

The number of private tax-advantaged foundations and the amount of assets contained in them has reached nearly $2 trillion, even as the administration considers imposing new taxes.

As DAF awareness grows, one provider is offering a course

Founder and CEO of Charitable Impact discusses how these tools can serve advisors building charity plans

Penn State, Temple and Pitt get boost from new performance-based funding

A new $10 million pool of performance-based funds adds money to long-stagnant appropriations but falls short of higher education leaders’ hopes.

An Urgent ‘Passing Gear’ Call to Action: Leveraging Foundation Grantmaking in a Landscape of RetrenchmentJon Pratt Senio...

In CEP’s latest research report, “The State of Nonprofits 2026,” one of its three major findings is that “despite ongoing financial challenges, many nonprofits are making strategic...

Heritage Foundation adds 4 members to board

The Heritage Foundation on Wednesday added four new members to its board of trustees, including conservative commentator Mollie Hemingway and nationalist political theorist Yoram H...