Independent, evidence-based review for organizations, governments, municipalities, foundations, companies and platforms that need a neutral answer to a difficult public-benefit, charitable-purpose or eligibility question.
“The law has been perverted by the influence of two entirely different causes: stupid greed and false philanthropy.”— Frédéric Bastiat, The Law (1850)
Bastiat provides an intellectual frame, not the governing legal authority for a case. Each determination identifies the actual law, rule, contract, program, policy or other authority that applies.
Activity-centered public-benefit classification rather than relying only on an entity label.
Apply an identified grant, government, donation, procurement or program eligibility framework to the evidence.
Separate philosophical principles, platform standards and the actual legal or contractual authority governing the decision.
Institutions can contract with Philanthropist.org to operate an intake, evidence normalization, conflict screening, reviewer administration, reasoned determination/recommendation and audit process under the authority the client actually possesses.
The service is designed so that money may purchase the review process, not the conclusion.
Institutional / Government UseIf Philanthropist.org or another interested party is materially involved in the outcome, that party may submit facts and evidence but cannot determine its own case. Independent reviewers must decide.