A better charitable act is cutting tax rates, not creating another tax break
Expanding the charitable deduction is not a good use of taxpayer subsidies. Taxpayers would be better off with lower tax rates and greater take-home pay.
8Jan2025
taxes
Thoughts on philanthropy from The Giving Review’s “Conversations” in second half of 2024
An end-of-year collection of interesting and insightful thinking about grantmaking and giving.
20Dec2024
Thoughts on philanthropy from The Giving Review’s “Conversations” in first half of 2024
A mid-year collection of interesting and insightful thinking about grantmaking and giving.
19Jul2024
Comparing higher-ed and foundation endowments with at least $10 billion in assets under management
Eleven colleges with a combined total of $270 billion; six foundations totaling $163 billion.
30Jan2024
Legislation proposed to increase taxes on large university endowments
The College Endowment Accountability Act, according to Sen. J. D. Vance, responds to “a problem, borne of unfairness and of mass subsidy from the American taxpayer, that has now metastasized into one of the most-corrupt and one of the most politically active and politically hostile organizations in the United States of America, and that is elite colleges.”
14Dec2023