A weekly series from The Contributist Reader
Proposals for a Contributist New Deal. What would it look like to make American society
more contributist? Each week, we're publishing one practical policy proposal that would be at home in a
sweeping American reform package built around the right to give.
Every proposal comes with
an interactive visualization of its funding and impact; read the case, then see it for yourself.
New issue every Tuesday·Since July 28, 2026
Skeptical? Good — every assumption is yours to change. Stress-test the proposals
The series
Every proposal is a concrete contributist reform, argued in prose and modeled in graphs.
A sovereign wealth fund that ties America's $75 trillion economic engine to the prosperity of ordinary Americans. It answers the question every other proposal will be asked: how do we pay for it?
A new business model — a more economically and socially effective alternative to 501(c)(3) nonprofits and B-Corps — which enhances worker rights and supports the Giving America Fund.
All proposals
On the docket
We have proposals in development across eight policy areas — as each one publishes, you'll be
able to visualize its impact (and cost). Many topics are still looking for a writer — that could be you.
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