Dec 15, 2020 | Alan's Letter
CCC Week Twenty Two (which for those of you who have been paying close attention to my bi-weekly letter will know is a YO number): I have sent out 12 bi-weekly letters (plus a few others) that have tried to make the case for uber-rich individuals and foundations to...
Dec 1, 2020 | Alan's Letter
or, OLIVER TWIST MEETS #GIVING TUESDAY The American people, or at least most of us, are a generous lot. The somewhat well-off, middle class, working class, and even the poor, will be contributing to what should be a record Giving Tuesday. But the $600 million or so...
Nov 17, 2020 | Alan's Letter
When I wrote two weeks ago (was the election really only two weeks ago?), the election outcome actually was uncertain. Not now. Thank you Bill Press for raising important questions about the significance of the election, and Van Jones for capturing in this viral video...
Nov 3, 2020 | Alan's Letter
When we soft-launched the Crisis Charitable Commitment on Bastille Day, July 14, we intentionally started a countdown clock for the election (we had one on our web site)–at the time sixteen weeks out. The election still seemed like a long way off, especially given the...
Oct 20, 2020 | Alan's Letter
The end is in sight: 2020 will end in 10 weeks; voting will end in 2 weeks. Who knows when the election will end? I hope you received my weekend letter highlighting the funding needs of the Election Integrity Fund (EIF) and similar efforts and weighing in on the...
Oct 6, 2020 | Alan's Letter
If you’ve been studiously reading my bi-weekly letters (if not, you can catch up here) you know that I’m fond of numbers–in fact I’d say I’m a borderline numerologist. When I started this letter late last week we had just hit 50 signatories and I was reflecting on the...
