Nonprofit Issues

ACR News 10.31.17 – Will Tax Reform be a Trick or Treat?

>> Federal: Washington Roundup >> Federal: Universal Charitable Giving Act >> Federal: Annual Meeting Recap >> Federal: Roadmap for Action – November >> Consider This: Expect a Bumpy Ride >> Top Reads: Philanthropy Horror Stories: Donor Intent Gone Wrong It’s no trick. In fact, we’re giving you a treat with a Tuesday edition of the ACR Newsletter. […]

ACR Sessions at The Philanthropy Roundtable Annual Meeting

Last week, The Philanthropy Roundtable held its Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ. As part of the programming, the Alliance for Charitable Reform held a panel on tax policy and charitable giving featuring Robert Sharpe, chairman of the Sharpe Group, and Sandra Swirski, ACR executive director. Pete Bird of the Frist Foundation moderated the panel which […]

Guest Post: The Greater Give

As currently contemplated by Congress, tax reform could lead to a decrease in giving. The Alliance for Charitable Reform and many of our allies in civil society are promoting what we call the Universal Charitable Deduction, which would allow all Americans to deduct their charitable donations from income (more on that idea here). Other ideas […]

ACR News 10.13.17 – Universal Charitable Deduction Legislation Introduced

>> Federal: Washington Roundup >> Federal: Tax Reform? >> Federal: Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017 >> Federal: Roadmap for Action – October >> Consider This: Walk the Plank >> Top Reads: Nonprofits Battle to Get Charitable Deduction Extended to All Taxpayers Washington Roundup Last week, the House and Senate both took important steps toward tax reform […]

Congress Passes Aid for Hurricane Recovery Efforts Through Charitable Giving

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congress passed legislation today aimed at spurring additional charitable giving to assist with the relief efforts for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. H.R. 3823, the Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017, includes a temporary suspension of limitations on the deduction for charitable contributions to qualified hurricane relief efforts […]

ACR Statement on Republican Tax Reform Framework

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Alliance for Charitable Reform (ACR) issued the following statements upon today’s release of the framework of the Republican tax reform proposal, which preserves the charitable deduction and doubles the standard deduction, among other provisions. “We applaud Republican lawmakers for proposing to preserve the charitable giving incentive,” said Sandra Swirski, executive director of […]

ACR News 9.15.17 – Where are we on Tax Reform?

>> Federal: Washington Roundup >> Federal: So, What’s Up with Tax Reform? >> Federal: Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Individual Tax Reform >> Federal: Tax Reform and Philanthropy’s 3 Percent Solution >> Federal: Faith and Giving Coalition Briefing >> Federal: Roadmap for Action – September >> Consider This: Congress is Back in Town >> Top Reads: Nonprofits […]

Discussing Philanthropic Freedom and The Givers

The Philanthropy Roundtable’s vice president for public policy, Sean Parnell, recently participated in a discussion with David Callahan, the founder of Inside Philanthropy and author of The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age. Parnell and Callahan discussed a few of the topics addressed in the book, including freedom and oversight, civic inequality, […]

Nonprofits Offer Joint Response on DAFs to Senate Finance Committee

The Philanthropy Roundtable signed onto a letter to Senate Finance Committee leadership this week  in response to a prior letter from donor-advised fund (DAF) critics Ray Madoff and Roger Colinvaux, who proposed increased regulations on DAFs. The Committee invited the response after Madoff and Colinvaux proposed implementing forced payouts on DAFs and disallowing transfers from […]