To celebrate Women’s History Month, Philanthropy Roundtable is highlighting four organizations that support women and their families in a variety of ways from family preservation and trauma restoration to policy education and civic leadership training.
Last week, the Biden administration released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2024. While the budget is essentially just a wish list that is unlikely to be introduced as legislation or enacted by Congress in its entirety, it sends a clear message about the president’s priorities. Among various tax and spending increases, the plan calls for changes that target America’s givers and the charities they support.
In an op-ed recently published in Philanthropy Daily, “How blockchain can help fund artists—and revive the arts,” Program Director for Philanthropy Roundtable Esther Larson, and COO and co-founder of Living Opera, Christos A. Makridis, wrote that philanthropists have a unique opportunity to fund individual artists directly through pragmatic giving tools like blockchain technology and non-fungible tokens.
Last month IRS Commissioner nominee Daniel Werfel testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. During questions from committee members, Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) raised an important question about the importance of donor privacy and whether, if confirmed, he would assure charitable stakeholders that personal donor information would not be disclosed by the IRS.
In a new Philanthropy Roundtable video, Claudia Cummings, president and CEO of Indiana Philanthropy Alliance, says that donor-advised funds are an important vehicle for these foundations to help individuals give back to their communities.
In an op-ed recently published in Discourse entitled “Philanthropy Under Attack,” Jack Salmon discusses current threats to donor privacy and makes the case to stay vigilant against unnecessary regulatory restrictions that will burden the philanthropic sector and those who choose to give anonymously.
In an op-ed recently published at RealClear Policy entitled “Red Tape Strangles Charities,” Philanthropy Roundtable Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs Elizabeth McGuigan and Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at Pacific Research Institute Wayne Winegarden discusses the Roundtable’s new study, The 50-State Index of Charity Regulations, that highlights how excessive state-level regulations negatively impact charities in those states.
Philanthropy Roundtable welcomes the Charitable Act and applauds the leadership of Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) as well as the bipartisan group of co-sponsors for introducing this measure last week.
On February 27, 2023, Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs Elizabeth McGuigan spoke as a part of a panel conversation entitled “What Does Rising Populism Mean for Philanthropy?”
Recently, Philanthropy Roundtable sat down with Brandon Edwin Chrostowski, founder, president and CEO of EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute, a nonprofit that provides formerly incarcerated adults with a foundation in the culinary and hospitality industries, plus a support network for long-term success.
Philanthropists with a passion for exceptional education are leading the school choice movement by building a rich variety of schools based on the core values of high expectations, empowerment and opportunity for all students.
To celebrate Black History Month, Philanthropy Roundtable is honoring the numerous contributions Black entrepreneurs and philanthropists have made throughout our nation’s history.