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A National Treasure

We were cheered and intrigued to learn that the trustees of one of Britain’s oddest foundations are looking at changing its mission. The National Fund was created in the 1920s with a donation of £500,000 by an anonymous donor with the purpose of paying off Britain’s national debt. For more than 80 years it has […]

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Long Arm of the Law

One of the most notable achievements of conservative philanthropy was helping to create the intellectual climate in which Thatcherism and Reaganism flourished. As we report in the book, this was in large part due to the industrialist John Olin, whose story is told in the book “A Gift of Freedom“, as well as to the […]