Dan Pfeiffer

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There's a new book that I think is particularly timely.

It's called Control, Why Big Giving Falls Short.

Author Glenn Gallich offers a rare insider view exposing why billionaire and millionaire donors move so slowly while communities battle urgent crises.

In Control, Why Big Giving Falls Short, Gallich reveals how our philanthropic system and culture encourage excessive donor control and keep over $2 trillion from reaching communities.

By prioritizing wealthy donor interest, power, and control, this system doesn't simply slow social progress, it structurally prevents it.

Yeah, it's one of the reasons we have a progressive taxation system in the country and don't rely just on.

billionaire philanthropy.