A Vital Pipeline: How Donor Advised Funds Engage New Donors and Boost Communities Once again, commentator Alan Cantor has written a commentary on donor advised funds, this time for Inside Philanthropy. In the piece he reiterated comments he has made before, stating, “The surge in donor-advised…

In this week's Washington Snapshot: Less than a Month until Philanthropy Week in Washington; News from the Hill; Trending in Legal Affairs; Happenings in the States; and more! Read all this and more, online now!

In this week's Washington Snapshot: House Passes America Gives More Act of 2015; Other News from the Hill; News from the Administration; Trending in Legal Affairs; Philanthropy News & Op-Eds; and more! Read all this and more, online now!

Ways & Means Committee Passes Charitable Bills The House Ways and Means Committee met Wednesday to markup several important bills focused on the charitable sector. The actions included making permanent charitable “tax extenders,” such as the IRA charitable rollover and simplifying the…

House to Take Up Charitable Bills McCarthy's Memo Gives Signals According to a memo that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23) circulated this week, the House is anitcipated to introduce and markup bills on the three charitable tax extenders: the IRA charitable rollover, enhanced…

Senate Finance Committee Looks to Tax Reform Hatch and Wyden Launch Bipartisan Tax Reform Working Groups On Thursday the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), announced five new bipartisan tax reform working groups. The groups…

Senate Finance Committee Looks to Tax Reform Hatch and Wyden Launch Bipartisan Tax Reform Working Groups On Thursday the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), announced five new bipartisan tax reform working groups. The groups…

114th Congress Kicks Off The 114th Congress converged on D.C. this week, with many new lawmakers among them. Fifty-eight new members of the House of Representatives and twelve new Senators started their new jobs this week. Check out National Journal’s interactive guide to the new members of…

Congress Extends IRA Rollover for 2014 Wyden: "This tax bill doesn't have the shelf life of a carton of eggs." The Senate voted on Tuesday night to extend the tax extenders—including the IRA charitable rollover—for 1 year, retroactive for 2014. The chamber voted 76-16 to pass H.R. 5771, the House…

House Fails to Make Charitable Extenders Permanent Party-Line Vote and White House Veto Threat Yesterday, we told our readers in a breaking news alert that the House failed to advance the Supporting America’s Charities Act (H.R. 5806), a milestone bill that would have widely benefited…

In this week's Washington Snapshot: House Passes 1-Year Extenders Bill - Senate Yet to Act; Tell Senators: Pass the America Gives More Act Provisions in Final Extenders Deal; White House Events this Week; Happening on the Hill; Attention: Global Grantmakers; Trending in Legal Affairs;…

Washington Snapshot will be on break next week for Thanksgiving, returning on December 5. We wish all of our readers a very happy holiday! Tell Congress: Pass America Gives More Act with Lame Duck Extenders Bill! Congress has only two work weeks remaining in the year, so now is the time to speak…

Tell Congress: Pass America Gives More Act with Lame Duck Extenders Bill! Congress is back in D.C.! However, they only have three work weeks remaining in the year, so now is the time to speak out on the America Gives More Act (H.R. 4719). The America Gives More Act is the most significant bill for…

News from the Hill Republicans Seize Control of Congress What an exciting midterm election week! Regardless of which candidates you were routing for, Election Night is always eventful. Republicans emerged as the new Senate majority with 53 seats, as of this morning’s count. Democrats hold 45 seats…

Election Day is next Tuesday, November 4th. Get out the vote! News from the Hill Homestretch on The America Gives More Act The midterm elections are here, which means Congress returns to D.C. in less than 2 weeks. After they return on November 12, your members of Congress will only have about…

Recap: 2014 Fall Conference for Community Foundations It was a pleasure to see many of our readers this week at the 2014 Fall Conference for Community Foundations. Over 1,500 people from across the country – and around the globe – gathered in Cleveland. We hope those of you who joined us had as…