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Daniel Stid is executive director of Lyceum Labs, a start-up nonprofit dedicated to improving the quality of political leadership and party politics in the United States. The former director of the U.S. democracy program at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, he writes the blog the Art of Association.

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Who Can Rescue Democracy? Local Funders Have the Edge

National philanthropy cannot pull democracy out of the ditch. Renewal — with community foundations leading the way — must come from the ground up.

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Funding the Resistance Is Not a Winning Strategy. Here’s What Is.

Billions spent fighting Trumpian populism hasn’t worked. Practicing a pluralistic approach to grant making will.

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Charitable Donors Operating in the Shadows Push Our Politics to the Extremes

Grant makers on the left and right finance a network of activists and advocates whose all-or-nothing, combative stances keep the political parties tethered to the poles.