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The Philanthropy Roundtable is a nonprofit organization that advises conservative philanthropists<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and advocates for donor privacy.<ref name=AP/>
HistoryEdit
The Roundtable was founded in 1987 as a project of the now-defunct Institute For Educational Affairs. It was founded as a conservative alternative to the Council on Foundations, a nonprofit membership association of donors.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Membership in the organization was free "to interested grant makers", and 140 foundations, charities and nonprofits joined in the Roundtable's first year.<ref name="Philanthropy 1988, p. 16"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1991, Philanthropy Roundtable became an independent entity with its own board of directors and staff, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.<ref name="interview">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=history>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Philanthropy Roundtable is a 501(c)(3) organization.<ref name=guidestar/> It has been described as conservative<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> and non-partisan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
DonorsTrust, founded in 1999, and Donors Capital Fund have been described as spinoffs of the Philanthropy Roundtable.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2005, Philanthropy Roundtable created the Alliance For Charitable Reform (ACR), which opposes legislation that would create accreditation requirements for grant-making foundations, establish a five-year Internal Revenue Service review of tax-exempt status, or restrict the ability of donors to establish family foundations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The organization has a bimonthly newsletter, Philanthropy, which evolved into a quarterly magazine in 2011.<ref name="Philanthropy 1988, p. 16">"Philanthropy," July–August 1988, p. 16.</ref> In 2016, the Roundtable published the Almanac of American Philanthropy, a reference book that summarizes the history, purposes, effects, and modern direction of private giving.<ref name="chronicle">Template:Cite news</ref>
William E. Simon PrizeEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In 2007, the William E. Simon Foundation named the Roundtable the administrator of the William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership. Recipients of the prize since the Roundtable's administration of it include Bernie Marcus, Eli Broad, Charles Koch, Roger Hertog, Philip Anschutz and his wife Nancy,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> S. Truett Cathy, and Frank Hanna III.<ref name="Simon Prize">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
LeadershipEdit
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 new role of president in 1997 when the organization moved its headquarters to Washington, D.C.<ref name=history/> Walters remained in that position until resigning in October 2001<ref name=interview/> to accept an appointment by George W. Bush as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> Adam Meyerson served as the organization's president from 2001 to 2020. In June 2020, he was replaced by Elise Westhoff, who was named president and chief executive officer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In October 2023, Christie Herrera was promoted to president and CEO.<ref name="AP">Template:Cite news</ref>