The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy recently published a report, commissioned by Independent Sector, that examined the potential impacts of five policy options that extend incentives for charitable giving to non-itemizers, or those who decide to take the flat-dollar standard deduction on their taxes. In 2018, individuals in the United States donated $292 billion to… Read more »
By Suzanne Garment and Leslie Lenkowsky This article first appeared in the Chronicle of Philanthropy on April 17, 2019. The 2020 presidential campaign is already underway, and it’s likely to be an especially contentious one. That may lead the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to issue one of its recurrent reminders about what tax-exempt organizations, other… Read more »
By Pat Danahey Janin I am passionate about the intersection of philanthropy and oceans. When it comes to the ocean environment, philanthropic responses outside of spectacular activism (Sea Shepherd, Greenpeace) are virtually unknown. Ocean research, deep sea mapping, citizen involvement in science, ocean clean-ups, and ocean literacy education are just some of the many activities… Read more »
By Suzanne Garment and Leslie Lenkowsky This article first appeared in the Chronicle of Philanthropy on January 4, 2019. It’s probably tempting for many wealthy donors and others in philanthropy to view the Trump Foundation’s legal problems as an aberration. But the closure of the foundation last month speaks volumes about problems that are all… Read more »
On December 3, Central European University (CEU) officially declared that it would move would move its U.S. degree programs from Budapest, Hungary to Vienna, Austria due to increasing pressure from the Hungarian government and tightening restrictions on accreditation. Pressure on CEU stems from its affiliation with its founder, George Soros, a billionaire financier and philanthropist who… Read more »