Just when I thought that I wouldn’t have any topics to blog on until after the election, Planned Giving jumps to the forefront of the presidential election campaign! I am going to provide the link to the article about Mitt Romney’s use of a charitable remainder unitrust (CRUT) found on Bloomberg.com this week but I...
Remember this headline? 71 STUDENTS ARRESTED IN TUITION PROTEST ON RUTGERS’ HOME CAMPUS (Philadelphia Inquirer – May 13, 1989) “Rutgers University students and police clashed yesterday when officers moved to break up a sit-in at the dean’s office by students protesting 13 percent tuition increases…” Yes, Rutgers in 1989 raised their tuition by 13% and 71...
Last week, finally one of the major media outlets devoted a few paragraphs to the charitable IRA rollover legislation. Here is the Wall Street Journal’s take on whether the nonprofit community will have a re-enacted IRA rollover bill: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443921504577643481405584866.html To sum it up in a short quote from the piece: “the outlook remains blurry.” For...
Since I am basically in the endowment building business, its no wonder I keep harping on the “Student Loan Bubble”. But, I am not the only one! Check out this new blog post: http://www.senseoncents.com/2012/09/student-loan-bubble-the-hidden-reality/ Here is the startling fact brought out in the post: if you look at the delinquency rate of student loans (excluding...
To Ask or Not…That is the million dollar planned giving question!