Public Policy

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…

We look forward to seeing many of our readers next week at the 2014 Fall Conference for Community Foundations in Cleveland, Ohio! Below is a small sampling of the many Public Policy and Legal sessions you’ll find on the full conference schedule. 2014 Fall Conference: Policy & Legal Sessions…

Tell Congress: Pass the America Gives More Act While your lawmakers are home in October to ask for votes, make sure you ask them to pass the America Gives More Act provisions into permanent law during the lame duck! Even though Congress has adjourned, we must keep up the momentum on the America…

Join us on this webinar as we get a run-down off everything that happened on Election Day 2014. We will cover the most closely watched congressional elections in districts around the country, and offer hear expert analysis of the outcomes of the races you care about. Will the election outcome…

Tell Congress: Pass the America Gives More Act While your lawmakers are home in October to ask for votes, make sure you ask them to pass the America Gives More Act provisions into permanent law during the lame duck! A Bloomberg BNA piece this week highlighted the challenging position in which IRA…

Keeping Up the Pressure on the America Gives More Act Spruill to Senate: Take Action on the America Gives More Act On Monday, Vikki Spruill strongly urged the United States Senate to vote on the America Gives More Act. In an op-ed for The Hill, she emphasized the importance of the legislation for…

Foundations and charities face a pivotal moment. In July, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the America Gives More Act (H.R. 4719) with a bipartisan vote of 277 to 130. Now it needs to pass the Senate. I signed 100 letters to the members of the U.S. Senate urging them to act…

Foundations to Senate: Vote on the America Gives More Act Contact your Senators Today Congress returned to D.C. this week, which means it’s time for a final push to get your Senators to take action on the America Gives More Act (H.R. 4719). After this week, your lawmakers will be in D.C. for merely…

Foundations to Senate: Vote on the America Gives More Act Contact your Senators Today Congress returned to D.C. this week, which means it’s time for a final push to get your Senators to take action on the America Gives More Act (H.R. 4719). After this week, your lawmakers will be in D.C. for merely…

When disaster strikes, who do you call first? Unless she’s a volunteer firefighter, you probably didn’t say your accountant. Foundations are often the first to offer critical resources to charities that are on the ground helping serve the immediate needs of victims. But when a private foundation…