Pillars Fund hundreds of grant applications it receives each year. Pillars Fund Pillars Fund is a grant-making organization and Muslim community foundation named in reference to the five pillars of Islam, the third of which is Zakat. Founded in 2010 in the mold of United Way and Jewish Federations of North America, and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Pillars is focused on funding secular non-profit programs supporting American Muslims in media, public relations, and leadership development. It is one of the largest funders of Muslim issues in the United States. Pillars Fund is governed by a Board of Advisors, many of whom are
The Utopia of Rules The Utopia of Rules The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy is a 2015 book by anthropologist David Graeber about how people "relate to" and are influenced by bureaucracies. It was published by Melville House and released on February 24, 2015. "The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy" is a book by London School of Economics anthropology professor David Graeber about how people "relate to" and are influenced by bureaucracies. He describes the contemporary era as the "age of total bureaucratisation," in which public and private bureaucracies, now