Nonprofit Issues

House GOP Releases Tax Reform Plan

Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled a blueprint that outlines a tax reform plan. It’s a mixed bag. Here are some important highlights of the plan: Eliminates all deductions except the charitable and mortgage interest deductions, but we expect changes to make the two deductions “more effective and efficient,” though it’s unclear how they […]

Hatch Extols Charitable Giving as Nonprofit Leaders Tell Congress to ‘Grow Charity Now’

The Alliance for Charitable Reform partnered with the Council on Foundations and Independent Sector to bring nonprofit leaders to Washington, D.C. on June 16 to meet with congressional offices about current legislation supporting charitable giving. The fly in/speak out day was dubbed “Grow Charity Now.” “Our organizations all understand that philanthropy and charitable giving are […]

Donor Privacy Court Ruling in California

You may recall that last September, The Philanthropy Roundtable filed an amicus briefsupporting a petition to the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a California donor privacy case. Center for Competitive Politics v. Harris (CCP v. Harris), focused […]

ACR Responds to Editorial on Tax Reform, Charitable Deduction

The Washington Post published Wednesday a letter from Joanne Florino, senior vice president for public policy at The Philanthropy Roundtable, responding to an editorial written by Robert J. Samuelson that advocated for eliminating the charitable deduction. The full text of Florino’s letter is below and it can also be read by clicking here: Robert J. […]

Bipartisan House Bills Aim to Grow Charitable Giving

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Rep. George Holding (R-NC), along with Reps. Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and Devin Nunes (R-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), and Gene Green (D-TX) introduced H.R. 4907, the Grow Philanthropy Act, Tuesday evening. The bill would allow distributions to donor-advised funds (DAFs) in the IRA charitable rollover, a provision strongly supported by the […]

ACR Summit Live Blog

11:50 a.m. That concludes that 2016 ACR Summit For Leaders! Thank you to all of our panelists for making this event a great success! 11:42 a.m. Karl Zinsmeister is talking about how the importance of government or philanthropic support can vary over time. He points toward medical research which was once funded primary by philanthropy. […]

Senate Legislation Aims to Expand Charitable Giving, Urges Protection of Charitable Deduction

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Senator John Thune (R-SD) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced today S. 2750 – the Charities Helping Americans Regularly Throughout the Year Act, or CHARITY Act – which includes three provisions strongly supported by the Alliance for Charitable Reform (ACR): a flat one-percent private foundation excise tax, an expansion […]

An In-Depth Look at the Charitable Provisions in the President’s Budget

President Obama unveiled his $4.1 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year FY2017 on Tuesday. Below is a list of provisions that would affect the nonprofit sector. ACR’s original statement on the budget proposal is available here. Cap on Itemized Deductions The proposal limits the value of all itemized deductions to 28 percent for the 33-percent, […]

Supreme Court Declines Review of Donor Privacy Case

In early September, The Philanthropy Roundtable filed an amicus brief supporting a petition to the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) v. Harris. Earlier today, the Court announced its decision not to […]