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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, […]

White Paper: Protecting Donor Privacy

Hopefully, you had a chance to read The Philanthropy Roundtable’s most recent issue of Philanthropy magazine where we take a look at donor privacy. In the issue, two of the Roundtable’s staff members, Karl Zinsmeister, vice president of publications, and Sean Parnell, vice president of public policy, delve into the issue of anonymous giving as a pillar of […]

ACR News 6.16.17 – CHARITY Act Introduced and Highlighting Religious Charitable Giving

>> Federal: Washington Roundup >> Federal: Charity Act Introduced >> Federal: Roadmap for Action in June >> Consider This: Religious Charitable Giving >> Top Reads: Americans gave $390 billion to charity last year Washington Roundup Last week, the Chief Tax Counsel for Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said corporate integration still remains under consideration as part […]

CHARITY Act Introduced in US Senate

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Legislation that would protect and expand charitable giving, particularly for community charities, was introduced in the U.S. Senate today by Sens. John Thune (R-SD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Ron Wyden (D-OR).  S. 1343 – the Charities Helping Americans Regularly Throughout the Year Act, or CHARITY Act – includes three provisions […]

ACR News 6.2.17 – To-Do List Runs Long While Time Grows Short

>> Federal: Washington Roundup >> Federal: President’s Budget >> Federal: Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act >> Federal: Overhauling the IRS >> Federal: Roadmap for Action in June >> Consider This: Tackling the Covfefe on Capitol Hill >> Top Reads: As a Slimmed-Down Tax Plan Grows More Likely, Nonprofits Shudder Washington Roundup The Senate and House of […]

Tax Exempt “Hate”

The Washington Post had an interesting article last month on the subject of white nationalist groups that receive tax-exempt status: The U.S. tax system contains a valuable benefit for prominent white-nationalist groups, which for years have enjoyed a legal status that allows them to not pay levies and lets supporters write off their donations. This status […]

Coalition Urges Policymakers to Consider Expanding Charitable Deduction Ahead of Mnuchin Testimony

Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin is slated to appear before a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee today on the president’s fiscal year 2018 budget and tax reform. In preparation of that appearance, the Charitable Giving Coalition, of which ACR is a member, issued a statement yesterday highlighting findings in a recent study on charitable giving […]

New Study Explains Which Tax Policies Hurt, Increase Charitable Giving

New research released today by Independent Sector finds that expanding the charitable deduction to all Americans could increase charitable giving by nearly $5 billion annually, while other proposals – such as expanding the standard deduction – could reduce giving by as much as $13 billion. The study, conducted by the Indiana University Lilly Family School […]

Excellent Book Review of ‘The Givers’

People who follow the issue of philanthropic freedom are likely to be familiar with David Callahan, who runs the web site Inside Philanthropy and is a critic of much of what we try to protect here at the Alliance for Charitable Reform, such as preserving donors’ right to remain anonymous and to ensure the government […]