June 24, 2004

Reagan's Policies Bolstered Philanthropy Despite Protests From Nonprofit Officials

By Leslie Lenkowsky

Although he entered office with greater expectations for philanthropy than perhaps any national leader since Herbert Hoover, the irony of Ronald Reagan's presidency is that much of the nonprofit world's leadership wound up opposing key elements of his plans to stimulate the economy and reduce the size of government. Yet, 20 years later, his policies turned out to have helped philanthropy far more than harmed it.

Mr. Reagan, not surprisingly, looked to private organizations

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