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David Callahan He grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. his work area was US foreign policy and international affairs.

In 1999, Callahan co-founded the liberal think tank Demos. It covers news about recent gifts by foundations and major donors, as well as the world of fundraising and trends in philanthropy. The site also includes profiles of funders to help nonprofits find money and publishes a daily newsletter. In addition, it issues its own set of annual awards, the "IPPYs," that include categories such as the "Philanthropist of the Year" and "Foundation President of the Year." Inside Philanthropy is mainly funded by subscriptions, which currently cost $397 a year or $47 a month. The site says that it "has never taken money from the funders we cover and never will."

Writing

In addition to his articles in Inside Philanthropy, Callahan has written articles for The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, The American Prospect, and The Nation.

In 1997 he wrote a political-thriller novel, State of the Union, in which Islamic terrorists — unknowingly under the control of an American billionaire populist plotting a coup against the U.S. government — plot to hijack planes and crash them into the Capitol building during the State of the Union address.

A New York Times review of his 2004 book, The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead, Chris Hedges called Callahan "a new liberal with old values". The book links the rise in unethical behavior in American society to economic and regulatory trends—particularly growing inequality. The libertarian magazine Reason criticized Callahan for placing too much blame for cheating on the rise of laissez-faire economics.

His 2007 book The Moral Center examines how a market-based economy, i.e. capitalism, with its elevation of self-interest, undermines values that both liberals and conservatives care about. The American Prospect reviewed the book.

His 2017 book The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age looks at top philanthropists such as Michael Bloomberg and Mark Zuckerberg. The book was widely reviewed, including in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Time, and The Atlantic. The Givers generated wide discussion and controversy in the world of philanthropy, including in industry publications such as The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and Philanthropy magazine.

Bibliography

References

  • Inside Philanthropy
  • Demos website
  • The Cheating Culture