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Attack on university endowments would undermine philanthropic freedom

A few weeks ago Philanthropy Daily published a guest opinion piece by me addressing two other opinion articles it had recently featured that challenged the appropriateness of large university endowments. The co-author of one of those articles responded in the comments to what he saw as the deficiencies of my argument (and I offered my […]

FOX Business Discusses Universal Charitable Deduction, Tax Reform with ACR

Leaders from the Alliance for Charitable Reform discussed the universal charitable deduction, tax reform and our recent meetings with lawmakers for an article published this week by FOX Business Network’s Adam Shapiro entitled “Tax code change could boost charitable giving and cut middle-class taxes.” Shapiro’s focus in the article was Congress considering a universal charitable […]

ACR News 7.28.17 – Stuck in the Moment

>> Federal: Washington Roundup >> Federal: Tax Reform >> Federal: There’s More Than Just the Charitable Deduction: CHARITY Act and PF Excise Tax Simplification  >> Federal: Champions for Charity and Submission to Chairman Hatch >> Federal: Webinar Recap: Potential Revenue Raisers in Tax Reform  >> Federal: Roadmap for Action – August >> Consider This: Stuck […]

ACR Meets With Vice President, Congressional Leadership

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Alliance for Charitable Reform (ACR), which is the legislative arm of The Philanthropy Roundtable, met with Vice President of the United States Mike Pence, congressional leadership and multiple Trump Administration officials July 13 to discuss issues affecting the charitable sector, such as the potential effect of tax reform on charitable giving. ACR […]

Recognizing Champions for Charity: The Meadows Foundation

The Alliance for Charitable Reform (ACR) will meet with congressional leaders on July 13 to discuss issues affecting the charitable sector, such as the potential effect of tax reform on charitable giving. ACR will bring nonprofit executives from across the country to D.C. for the event entitled “Champions for Charity.” To celebrate these philanthropic “champions,” […]

Recognizing Champions for Charity: Connelly Foundation

The Alliance for Charitable Reform (ACR) will meet with congressional leaders on July 13 to discuss issues affecting the charitable sector, such as the potential effect of tax reform on charitable giving. ACR will bring nonprofit executives from across the country to D.C. for the event entitled “Champions for Charity.” To celebrate these philanthropic “champions,” […]

Recognizing Champions for Charity: James Graham Brown Foundation

The Alliance for Charitable Reform (ACR) will meet with congressional leaders on July 13 to discuss issues affecting the charitable sector, such as the potential effect of tax reform on charitable giving. ACR will bring nonprofit executives from across the country to D.C. for the event entitled “Champions for Charity.” To celebrate these philanthropic “champions,” ACR […]

Congressional Leadership To Meet with ACR

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Alliance for Charitable Reform (ACR) will meet with congressional leaders on July 13 to discuss issues affecting the charitable sector, such as the potential effect of tax reform on charitable giving. ACR will bring nonprofit executives from across the country to D.C. for the event entitled “Champions for Charity.” “In this year […]

GuideStar Removes “Hate Group” Designation

On Friday, GuideStar announced that for the time being, it would remove annotations from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) included in the profile information of 46 501c3 charities that designated those organizations as hate groups. This is a decision The Philanthropy Roundtable applauds as these designations are not only highly controversial and strongly disputed, […]