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Vilifying Donor Advised Funds – ProPublica Gets It Wrong

Vilifying Donor Advised Funds – ProPublica Gets It Wrong

An article published yesterday by the online newspaper, ProPublica (which claims to focus on stories with “moral force”), is getting a lot of attention.  In the essay entitled, The Wall Street Takeover of Charity, writer Jesse Eisinger goes to great…

Lawmakers Considering Locking in Three Charity Tax Breaks

Ron Wyden, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman, expects Congress to pass legislation to extend three lapsed tax breaks for charitable contributions. Such extensions would be made permanent. The three tax breaks include the following: enhanced deduction for conservation easements, donations…

Giving Tuesday Shows Significant Growth in 2014

Giving Tuesday Shows Significant Growth in 2014

Giving Tuesday is a day that gives the world a chance to celebrate charities. In the past, it has been known as a day that follows Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but the increasing support shows it stands out on…

Missing Lois Lerner E-Mails Potentially Found

A big development has occurred in a story we’ve been following for quite some time. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reports that some of the missing e-mails belonging to former IRS employee Lois Lerner have been found. Lerner…

Gifts To Donor-Advised Funds Increased Sharply in 2013

Gifts To Donor-Advised Funds Increased Sharply in 2013

An article out this morning in The Chronicle of Philanthropy discusses the current trend in donor-advised funds.  According to the story, gifts to donor-advised funds were up 23% in 2013.  That adds up to a massive figure of $17 billion…

Important Message Regarding Overhead Myth from GuideStar CEO

Important Message Regarding Overhead Myth from GuideStar CEO

January 2023 UPDATE: the links to the Overhead Myth letter in the article below have been disabled due to the site no longer being active, however the Overhead Myth is important enough of a topic for us to keep the…

Tax Breaks for Ebola Charity and Medical Expenses

The IRS released two notices (Notice 2014-65 and 2014-68) in late October that state the following: President Obama has stated that the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa is a public health emergency, a humanitarian crisis, and a…

Election Day Bombshell: Senator Conspired With IRS on Targeting Scandal

Talk about Election Day news!  The Daily Caller has an exclusive this morning that reveals New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen conspired directly with former IRS Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner in the targeting of conservative 501(c)(4) groups.  Sen. Shaheen is…

Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Against the IRS

You may remember reading our article about Lois Lerner breaking her silence regarding her role in improper targeting of conservative nonprofit groups. This past week, a federal judge made a ruling in regards to lawsuits brought against the IRS for…

Lois Lerner Breaks Her Silence

Well, it looks like Lois Lerner has found her voice!  You may remember the former head of the IRS Exempt Organizations Division who famously pleaded the 5th amendment when called to testify to the House of Representatives regarding her role…

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