Philanthropy Roundtable
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| Founded | 1987, gained independent status in 1991 |
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| Founder | William E. Simon, Irving Kristol |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Focus | Philanthropic strategy and analysis, philanthropic freedom, preserving donor intent |
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| Coordinates | 38°54′19″N 77°02′24″W / 38.9053°N 77.0401°WCoordinates: 38°54′19″N 77°02′24″W / 38.9053°N 77.0401°W |
| Origins | Formerly project of Institute For Educational Affairs |
| Method | Publications, events, consulting |
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Membership
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600+ |
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President
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Adam Meyerson |
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Revenue
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$7,742,082 (2014) |
| Slogan | Strengthening our free society |
| Website | www |
The Philanthropy Roundtable is a nonprofit U.S. membership organization that advises and serves the interests of philanthropists. Its stated mission is "to foster excellence in philanthropy, to protect philanthropic freedom, to assist donors in achieving their philanthropic intent, and to help donors advance liberty, opportunity, and personal responsibility in America and abroad."
The Roundtable was founded in 1987 as a project of the Institute For Educational Affairs. It was founded as an alternative to the Council on Foundations, another nonprofit membership association of donors. For four years the program, known then as the Philanthropic Roundtable, held occasional meetings where representatives of foundations and charities could converse with scholars and journalists about the way professional philanthropy was conducted in the U.S.
It also began publication of a bimonthly newsletter, Philanthropy; offered member organizations a talent bank for hiring young staffers from its list of recent college graduates, and conducted a "project development service" that assisted members "in examining their own programs ... to foster innovative programming." Membership was free "to interested grantmakers," and 140 foundations, charities and nonprofits joined in the Roundtable's first year.
In 1991, The Philanthropy Roundtable became an independent entity, with its own board of directors and staff, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Philanthropy Roundtable is a 501(c)(3) organization. It has been described as conservative and non-partisan.
Kimberly Dennis was the organization's first executive director. She served as executive director from 1991 through 1996. John P. Walters assumed administrative leadership of the organization in the newly defined role of president the following year when the organization moved its headquarters to Washington, D.C. Walters remained in that position until resigning in October 2001 in order to accept an appointment by George W. Bush to the cabinet-level position of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
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