YES. Steven Hayward: The Growing Menace of the “Non-Profit” Sector. “Beyond the all-too-easy and predictable union of the left’s two main current obsessions is how massive the lavishly funded ‘non-profit sector’ has become to the overall project of the left. It is important to understand the playbook, because the left’s grand strategy goes beyond private philanthropy to radical causes, and now includes direct taxpayer support (in the form of federal grants and legal fee reimbursements) as well as buying off corporate support with tax breaks and subsidies. Universities are always the main hub for these efforts, but the spokes now radiate out deep into the corporate world and the halls of government.”

The non-profit sector — which might be better described as the “non-democratic government sector” — should be sharply reined in. I would limit non-profit status to groups directly providing services to the poor, and would cap their budgets at the level of what it takes to run a hospital or a school. Or perhaps simply abolish their tax exemptions entirely. If it’s worthwhile, people should donate without tax incentives. And if it’s spending its money on delivering services, it’s not earning any profits to tax.

Plus: “Hence what we have seen in recent weeks over the “Palestine” issue is an ominous case study. Observers stunned at the campus-based protest movement on behalf of Hamas have come to learn that this protest movement is far from spontaneous, but has in fact been lavishly financed and developed for years by leading left-wing philanthropies along with Arab states in the Middle East. Park MacDougald reports the architecture of the effort in detail at The Tablet. It includes all of the usual suspects, including George Soros, the Tides Foundation, but also many lesser-known donors and activists.”