Category Archives: Blog

Charitable giving may be the missing piece in your plan The image for On Philanthropy represents the time-tested Carpenter’s Rule for a reason.  Measure Twice, Cut Once.  Charitable gift planning has a lot in common with this simple rule.  Getting it … Continue reading →

Whether an organization is large or small – whether it’s a large university or a small community organization – a campaign planning study plays a critically important part in revealing the organization’s likelihood to succeed in a fundraising venture. Let’s … Continue reading →

Perhaps you are as troubled as I am that it’s impossible to read a newspaper or watch a news report on any given day and not see another example of a partisan divide that cripples productive thought and action. This … Continue reading →

The US House of Representatives this past week passed a bill that would address several important charitable priorities, including a provision to renew and make permanent the IRA Charitable Rollover. Long supported by the voluntary sector, the IRA Charitable Rollover … Continue reading →

Background – The IRA Charitable Rollover has been around now for a few years.  It allows individuals 70½ and older to exclude from their taxable income IRA distributions of up to $100,000 as long as the distributions are transferred directly from … Continue reading →

It’s time to say ‘Good Bye’ to an old term. It’s time for “Third Sector” to leave our lexicon. You see, for many years, charities and nonprofit organizations were identified as part of the ‘Third Sector.’  The term implied an … Continue reading →

Perhaps you’re giving some thought to the financial resources you may have available to make a philanthropic gift.  Perhaps you’re looking for a way to fulfill a campaign pledge, or to make a year-end gift, or to just help a … Continue reading →