Hard to believe that the charitable deduction is in danger but it may be true. See this article from the Washington Post (click here). It is one thing for bloggers to pontificate about how a Fiscal Cliff compromise might take aim at the charitable deduction. But, to see the Washington Post report that “the White...
In a follow-up to this weekend’s post about the WSJ article touting the accelerating of charitable gifts as a result of the fiscal cliff, here is the latest: Despite the WSJ article, I am not seeing in the media or hearing from clients/colleagues much about windfalls for nonprofits this year-end. On a client conference call...
I don’t believe it. Donors accelerating their giving in 2012 ahead of fiscal cliff? Check out this Wall Street Journal article: WSJ click here. Please readers – comment on this one. If you read the linked article, you will notice that the three big investment firm Donor Advised Funds were interviewed. Sure, their donations are up...
This is just a story about how planned giving (and fundraising in general) can cross ethical boundaries and get very sticky and negative at times – and how actions taken 10 to 20 years ago could come back to haunt institutions – post-mortem, if you will. This is the latest installment in the planned giving epic tragedy...
Fiscal Cliff compromise in works? Not great news for charitable givers leaking out…