Philanthropy is, in theory, a means of supporting the pluralism that has long been a hallmark of democracy in America. However, in practice, much of philanthropy has come to be implicated in the polarization that squelches pluralism and undermines the health of democracy. How did we get here? Where do we go from here? What will it take for foundations and individual philanthropists to support pluralism in responsible, democracy-enhancing ways? Daniel Stid explores these questions in a new SNF Agora Institute Report entitled “Taking Democracy for Granted: Philanthropy, Polarization, and the Need for Responsible Pluralism.
