Sep 27, 2022 | Alan's Letter
The CCC’s new priorities should be to encourage responsible funders to give more, especially to protect democracy, foster racial justice and address excessive wealth through effective tax policies. When I launched the Crisis Charitable Commitment a little over...
Aug 30, 2022 | Alan's Letter
We have been en vacance in France and recently visited Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery in Normandy. The D-Day landing was an incredible feat accompanied by tremendous sacrifice. Among the many emotions and thoughts this visit generated, one was how in times of...
Jul 26, 2022 | Alan's Letter
An extremely significant philanthropic event took place two weeks ago. Wouldn’t you love to go back to school just to take one course: Philanthropy 401, a one-semester multidisciplinary course that does nothing other than study the recently announced $20 billion gift...
May 31, 2022 | Alan's Letter
A few weeks ago I was in Asheville to attend my granddaughter’s college graduation. Our hotel room overlooked the city’s Pack Square where a year earlier the statue of Zebulon Vance, North Carolina governor, senator and slave holder, had been torn down and on the...
May 3, 2022 | Alan's Letter
It’s time for Biden’s BBB (Build Back Better) to step aside and make way for the Crisis Charitable Commitment’s BBBs (Big Bet Bundles) which address the three interrelated questions every philanthropist should be asking: what, how and how much. When we launched the...
Mar 29, 2022 | Alan's Letter
If you’ve been able to get past the news about the war in Ukraine–no easy task–you may have noticed a lot of reporting and op-eds on the topic of “excessive wealth.” Concerns about the ultra-rich have been festering for years now, heightened by news of the massive...
