Not a day has gone by in the past few weeks that I haven’t seen something written about the Gates/Buffett Giving Pledge on a philanthropy blog. But with each passing day the commentary surrounding the project seems to be getting more and more critical. Who could have anticipated that the mega-rich pledging their fortunes to [...]
In case you haven’t heard, on March 10 the US Senate extended a number of tax breaks including the IRA charitable rollover that allows individuals 70 ½ years of age and older to contribute as much as $100,000 from an IRA to a charity without paying taxes. In a climate where more donors are interested [...]
Last week I was able to attend the Washington Planned Giving Council’s annual Planned Giving Day and enjoyed connecting with many professionals that I hadn’t had the opportunity to talk with in several months and meeting others for the first time. In this time of tight budgets, often resulting from decreased endowment earnings, many nonprofits [...]
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