Alan Cantor
@alcantor.bsky.social
Consultant to nonprofits. Writer, speaker, kvetcher. Critic of Wall Street's takeover of the charitable world. Misses Mookie.
I'm excited to be moderating a national conversation on private foundations, as part of the Philanthropy Project's Leadership Briefings. I'll be joined by Vu Le, @bdevaan.bsky.social, and Craig Kennedy. Join us! This Thursday at 4:00 ET. And... it's FREE! business.calnonprofits.org/ap/Events/Re...
Leadership Briefings on Reforming Philanthropy: Private Foundations - Event Registration
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I simply loved being part of a packed crowd at Harvard Book Store Friday night to hear the remarkable @mollycrabapple.bsky.social speak about "Here Where We Live Is Our Country." Molly is amazing, as is the book!
They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.
Want to fix the wealth disparity (a bit) and create a system where billionaires start paying taxes again? This excellent article by Ray Madoff provides an elegant and pragmatic solution. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
How to Tax Billionaires
Step one: Abolish the estate tax. No, really.
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Saved from having to see Bryce and Schwarber politely eating cold McDonald's as RFK Jr challenges them to chin-up contests in the West Wing supply closet.
How would you like a job performance review where part of the compensation package is a $200 m. donor-advised fund for you to distribute? This just happened in at a private equity firm. What's going on?! www.alancantorconsulting.com/2026/02/the-...
The Latest Infuriating Twist on Billionaire Philanthropy – Alan Cantor Consulting
I would say that this was a happy coincidence, but it didn’t make me happy. Angry? Yes. Concerned? You bet. Happy? No.
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Oh, @amtrak.com, I want to love you! But why do you take my affection for granted? With 200 people in NYC boarding the 11 a.m. train to Boston, why wasn't there even a single Amtrak staff member directing us to the quiet car? And why was there not a single sign in the quiet car, once it was found?!
Something I am thinking about is, what is the difference between someone like Jerome Powell, and someone like John Roberts. They're both Republicans, both appointed by terrible Republican presidents, and one is defying the most powerful man on Earth while the other provides him complete legal cover
Good for Jerome Powell for calling out Trump and his henchmen for their unlawful (my word) intimidation of him and the Fed. Would that everyone in that position had Powell's firmness and willingness to speak out!
Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 7mo agoBREAKING Fed Chair Jerome Powell says he’s under federal investigation. The Fed chair says subpoenas and the threat of criminal charges are retaliation for refusing to set interest rates according to the president’s wishes. Story: bit.ly/4aOOWAV
There isn’t a single Republican watching this and thinking “yep this is great. Exactly what we needed.” GOP congressmen and senators now thinking about hitting the exits
LOLLL Trump claims he’s cutting drug prices by 600 percent, which is not possible
What to make of the recent "gift" from billionaires Michael and Susan Dell? www.alancantorconsulting.com/2025/12/char...
Charity in Lieu of Taxes – Alan Cantor Consulting
This announcement provided the Dells with lots of exposure. It’s also gotten me thinking about just why this kind of “philanthropy” rubs me the wrong way.
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Continued philanthropic malpractice by Elon Musk. Thanks, @nytimes.com @teddyschleifer.bsky.social David Fahrenthold www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk? But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession. But that's just me
Finally someone bold enough to ask, is new york ready for a mayor who opposes slavery? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Trump has a history of defacing historically & artistically significant buildings. Forty-five years before razing the East Wing, he demolished the Bonwit Teller store to build Trump Tower -- after promising to donate the exterior artwork to the Met. (He lies. Always.) news.artnet.com/art-world/do...
Donald Trump Has a History of Pulverizing Historic Buildings | Artnet News
Read an excerpt from the book 'Art and Crime: The Fight Against Looters, Forgers, and Fraudsters in the High-Stakes Art World.'
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I despise Trump with all my being. This is NOT his house!
Tina Smith@smith.senate.gov · 10mo agoSeeing the White House torn apart is really emblematic of the times we’re in
This may be the perfect distillation of Trumpism. DJT unilaterally destroys a wing of the White House to build a gaudy addition, tasteless real estate developer that he is. It's called "The People's House," and I, for one, am pissed at the home invasion. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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My sentiments exactly. (The author and I grew up in the same small town in Connecticut, way on the Boston side of the Yankees-Red Sox divide.) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | I Love Watching Yankees Fans Suffer
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The author of this op-ed, David Margolick, is from my hometown of Putnam CT. He captures my sentiments perfectly. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | I Love Watching Yankees Fans Suffer
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If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
Damned good piece. www.alternet.org/two-looming-...
Here's what losers always do — and what Trump has already done
When I was a young man, I never figured that well into my seventh decade on this green and fading earth, I’d need to reiterate that I was a proud anti-fascist, and a veteran who served his country to ...
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COLLAPSE THE OLIGARCHY! They need OUR money. when we fight , we win. Tell them it isn't over. #NotGoingBack
Dr. William Horne@wihorne.bsky.social · 11mo agoThe boycotts work, kids, & represent our most direct weapon against fascism in this moment. Time to *expand* them & leverage their impact against this increasingly dangerous regime.
