Jun 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
I must be in a religious or spiritual moment. Last month I quoted a university Chaplain whose uplifting commencement words touched a nerve. Then, a couple of weeks ago, and please don’t take this as partisan, one of my prayers was answered when a courageous jury found...
Mar 26, 2024 | Alan's Letter, Uncategorized
Guest Blog: Ellen Dorsey Alan Davis is on sabbatical, returning to work on April 1, 2024. During this time, his monthly letters have been written by three distinguished colleagues: Gabriela Sandoval, Executive Director of the Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute; Larry...
Sep 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
I admit to being a slow learner, but perhaps not as slow as some of my colleagues in philanthropy. For decades I’ve been a democracy purist, arguing that we had to greatly increase charitable investments in structural democracy reforms (public financing of elections,...
Jul 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Jan 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Just as we were sending out my December letter I learned that Inside Philanthropy, one of the major publications covering charitable giving, awarded me its “Philanthropy Critic of the Year” Award saying, “The Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund president is also chair of...
