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In the News: The Johnson Amendment

Earlier this month, the Council on Foundations released a comprehensive policy update concerning the Johnson Amendment, which is legislation named after Lyndon B. Johnson that states that 501(c)(3) organizations cannot intervene in campaigns on behalf of, or opposition to, political candidates. President Donald Trump recently spoke about wanting to overturn the law. This practice has […]

Live Blog: 100 Years of Giving DC Fly-In

More than 200 nonprofit leaders from across the country have gathered in the Washington, DC today to meet with lawmakers and their staffs to urge them to protect the full scope and value of the charitable deduction, and even consider proposals to expand it. The effort is a part of the Charitable Giving Coalition’s ‘100 […]

ACR News 2.10.17 – Charitable Deduction Available to Only 5 Percent of Americans?

>> Federal: Washington Roundup >> Federal: Charitable Deduction in Tax Reform >> Federal: Letter to the Editor >> Federal: ACR Summit for Leaders >> Consider This: Outside the Box >> Top Reads: This May Be the Last Year You Get a Charitable Deduction Washington Roundup The House and Senate were in session this week, and while Senators […]

‘100 Years of Giving’ set for February 16 in Nation’s Capital

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Charitable Giving Coalition, of which ACR is a member, will bring more than 150 nonprofit leaders from across the nation representing a diverse group of charities to Capitol Hill on Thursday, February 16, to urge lawmakers and their staffs to protect charitable giving in America. For 100 years, the charitable deduction has […]

ACR Blog: Money spent by charities is not taxpayer money

Ellen Aprill raised several thoughtful concerns in a recent Washington Post op-ed about proposals to repeal the so-called “Johnson Amendment,” which prohibits 501(c)3 charities including churches from engaging in any partisan political activity (“Trump wants to force you — the taxpayer — to pay for campaigning from the pulpit,” February 3). Unfortunately she also repeats […]

The Philanthropy Roundtable Files Brief Urging Appeals Court to Uphold Donor Privacy Ruling

The Philanthropy Roundtable filed a friend-of-the-court brief Friday in the case Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to uphold a federal district court’s earlier ruling that the California attorney general’s attempt to force a charitable organization to disclose its donor list is an unconstitutional burden […]

Brady: We’re looking for ways to unlock charitable giving

House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) said Republican lawmakers are looking to encourage additional charitable giving resulting from tax reform. “We keep in place the home mortgage deduction and the charitable deduction. In fact, we are looking for ways to unlock more charitable giving,” Brady said. The comments were made at an event […]

Article on Trump’s Tax Plan Quotes ACR

The Alliance for Charitable Reform was cited in an article by Kay Bell of NerdWallet concerning President Donald Trump’s proposed limit on itemized deductions. The article, titled “How to Prep (or Not) for Trump Proposed Tax Campaigns,” noted that Trump’s revised tax plan includes the charitable tax deduction in his proposed cap on deductions, causing […]

The Philanthropy Roundtable Petitions Supreme Court to Uphold Donor Privacy

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Philanthropy Roundtable filed an amicus brief Monday in the case Independence Institute v. Federal Election Commission urging the Supreme Court of the United States  to uphold donor privacy and free speech for 501(c)3 charities. “Many philanthropists value the freedom to keep their giving private for important religious, historical, cultural, and practical reasons,” […]