Nonprofit Issues

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 […]

Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Forum Features Roundtable Vice President Karl Zinsmeister

The Philanthropy Roundtable’s Vice President of Publications Karl Zinsmeister was featured on a panel marking the announcement of the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy honorees, which was streamed today on Facebook Live. The forum was entitled A New Landscape of Giving: Power, Policy, and Philanthropy and included Inside Philanthropy founder David Callahan and Boston Globe […]

Coalition of Religious Givers Urge Lawmakers to Protect Charitable Giving

Among the numerous partners in the charitable sector that have been meeting with lawmakers about the potential impact of tax reform is religious givers. The religious subsector still receives the highest share of giving – $122.94 billion or 32 percent of total giving according to the 2017 Giving USA report – and would be significantly […]

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 […]

Johnson Amendment Debate Unveiled

Four nonprofit leaders shared their arguments in favor of, and in opposition to, a repeal of the Johnson Amendment – the legislation that prohibits 501(c)(3) organizations from intervening on behalf of political candidates or campaigns – in a project unveiled by The Philanthropy Roundtable. Those leaders include: Tim Delaney, President and CEO, National Council of […]

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 […]