Senior Fellow in Philanthropic Freedom at the Philanthropy Roundtable. Opinions expressed here are my own.
Joined December 2016
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Sean Parnell retweeted
It costs money to run a charity, to scale up operations in response to a disaster and make sure funds are distributed with care.
For that reason, I’ll continue to push back against the idea that charities can’t spend money on administration costs. dailytelegraph.com.au/news/n… – at Victoria, Australia
This is excellent. Shaming donors for giving to the "wrong" cause seems about the worst way possible to inspire them to give to the "right" cause. insidephilanthropy.com/home/…
Interesting article documenting that tax treatment of charitable contributions does influence the timing and amount of money given. vox.com/future-perfect/2019/…
My latest on the backlash against philanthropists supporting restoring Notre Dame Cathedral after the fire: acreform.org/blog/donations-…
Excellent piece by John Tyler: Charitable deduction as “subsidy”: does it really mean what some think it means? philanthropydaily.com/charit…
Ran across an interesting summary of how charitable giving is treated for tax purposes in many European countries: efa-net.eu/wp-content/upload…
Fascinating read. Pink Ladies’ $320K Jackpot: A Charitable Game Gone Massive nonprofitquarterly.org/2019/… via @npquarterly
My thoughts on a proposal by @RonWyden to deny the charitable deduction for donors giving to colleges and universities their children are or may attend: acreform.org/blog/targeting-…
Sean Parnell retweeted
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New York could probably use more, not fewer, charitable voices speaking out on policy, but it looks like the state may be going the other direction. timesunion.com/opinion/artic…
A worrying sign for the health and vitality of civil society - preliminary data suggest charitable giving not keeping up with economic growth or even inflation. philanthropy.com/article/Giv…
Some great discussion and history of the Johnson Amendment over at @HistPhil: histphil.org/2019/02/11/hamb… and histphil.org/2019/02/13/apri…
Kentucky statewide elected official accesses citizens' private info for what look like political purposes, but I'm sure it would be totally different for charitable donor information demanded by state AGs. 🙄
acreform.org/blog/voter-priv…
Be interesting to see how many philanthropists continue to opt for unconventional giving vehicles, and how many critics think there's something wrong with that philanthropy.com/article/Joh…
An excellent essay by @philxbuchanan (tho I might quibble with a few items, i particular the Newark example he cites). Self-critique can be helpful, pervasive corporal mortification less so I suspect. cep.org/putting-critiques-in…
More of that terrible anonymous "dark money," someone gave $15 million to the Albany Law School to support free legal services. timesunion.com/news/article/…
Terrific review & response to @robreich's new book, Just Giving, at @philanthrodaily. philanthropydaily.com/just-j…
Stellar piece by Larry Kramer of @Hewlett_Found Listening to the people who think we are wrong hewlett.org/listening-with-e…