Will Philanthropy Survive the 2016 Election?

Will America recover from this election? Whatever the result, there will be lasting impact to our society, as actual American Nazis, misogynists and bigots of every persuasion have crawled out of their bunkers for a public hearing. This has damaged our American experiment, and the impact will be felt for years. Can you imagine eight years ago, when President Obama was elected, that we would be giving a voice to American Nazis in 2016?

Common decency and mutual respect have been on the decline, but so has the good name of Philanthropy, by extension. Our vital business of connecting people to good work has been pulled into the fray by very real questions about Trump’s Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative, and it is in our best interests as nonprofit leaders to understand the issues and defend our work.