While the IRS has historically held confidential the private information of taxpayers, including charitable foundations and individual donors, recent leaks make it all too clear: IRS data is no longer safe from the public eye.
Private giving vehicles like DAFs are tools for everyone and that s a good thing for philanthropic freedom.
The Rye City School District (NY) recently launched a task force, involving an organization that affirmed race-based programming to “settle the debts we owe for our overdue national sins.” Julie Read more…
Julius Rosenwald National Parks Campaign Board Member Curtis Valentine shares the incredible story of Julius Rosenwald’s philanthropy and his personal connection to his work, the campaign to establish a National Read more…
North America has 30% fewer birds than in the 1970s. That s a loss of 3 billion birds. But new technology promises new hope to reverse this pattern.
Philanthropy Roundtable President and CEO Elise Westhoff recently joined The Daily Signal Podcast with Daily Signal news producer Virginia Allen to discuss why philanthropy is so important to America s future.
Philanthropy Roundtable is pleased to announce that Cason Carter was recently elected as the newest member of its board of directors.
Bringing together people of various experiences, skills, knowledge sets and backgrounds can yield new thinking and solutions. In the academy and in philanthropy, we are dedicated to doing just that.
The administrative nightmare this proposal would impose on DAF sponsors, themselves public charities, cannot be ignored.
Eliot Middleton’s new charitable venture trades plates of his barbecue to anyone willing to donate a broken-down vehicle. He then fixes the vehicle and gives it to someone who needs it.
Public schools are an arm of the government. The check on that power is in the courtroom. It is well-settled law that in America, the government cannot discriminate against people because of the color of their skin.
According to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, America’s ignorance about its founding is a bit scary.
Philanthropy Roundtable joined a coalition letter signed by more than 285 national and community organizations from all 50 states opposing the so-called Accelerating Charitable Efforts (ACE) Act.
Donor-advised funds, or DAFs, are personal charitable giving accounts that allow donors flexibility, accessibility and tax benefits for their charitable contributions. These accounts are hosted by public charities including community foundations, mission-based organizations and national sponsors.
Charitable funds are not and should never be government property.
Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) recently introduced a bill called the Accelerate Charitable Efforts Act. The problem is, the measure would have the opposite effect.
As the pandemic has shown, the need for alternatives to public schooling has never been greater.
Roundtable CEO Elise Westhoff recently chatted with Denver Frederick on his podcast The Business of Giving about the state of philanthropy, the reasons to keep DAFs accessible for all levels of donors and how the pandemic impacted charitable giving.
When the pandemic hit in March of 2020, Americans needed access to quality health care more than ever before. And fast. States sprang into action to make it as easy as possible to get care, lifting many government barriers in the process.
The so-called Accelerating Charitable Efforts (ACE) Act would impose new mandates on foundations, distribution requirements on donor-advised funds and other restrictions on charitable giving. This legislation, if passed, will directly harm charities and those who benefit from their valuable work some of our nation s most vulnerable.