Nonprofits See Cloudy Giving Forecast, but the Facts Suggest Sunshine
There are plenty of reasons to doubt the dark spin charity leaders have put on last year’s growth in donations and their pessimism about the outlook for 2018, giving experts Suzanne Garment and Leslie Lenkowsky write.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Opinion: As States Seek Charitable Ways to Skirt Federal Tax Law, Philanthropy Must Watch Out
As California and other states look for ways to escape the new limits on state and local deductions, they are blurring further the lines between public and private in ways that are dangerous for the nonprofit world.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Nonprofits Have It Wrong About the Tax Law — and Why Their Lobbying Failed
Odds are that giving will be high in 2018, despite nonprofit alarms. But the biggest challenge for charities will be the approach to advocacy on federal spending cuts, write
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Self-Interest or Public Interest: What Matters to Charities?
Positions nonprofits take on the estate tax and charitable deductions raise questions about whether they are looking out sufficiently for donors and the people they serve.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Philanthropy Should Focus Less on Trump and More on His Voters’ Concerns
Foundations and nonprofits would do better to tackle the problems that led to the president’s rise, such as the opioid crisis, rural unemployment, and the sources of anger at elites.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
GuideStar ‘Hate Group’ Controversy Should Put Spotlight on Charity Watchdogs
Helping donors decide where to give requires strong criteria — and that inevitably leads to value judgments by the groups that monitor and gather information on nonprofits.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Philanthropy’s Response to Trump Misses Focus on the Most-Alienated Americans
The buoyancy of the economy and the lack of draconian curbs in the charitable deduction are reasons for nonprofits to celebrate — but few are really reckoning with the roots of Trumpism and how it undermines civil society.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Charities Must Keep in Mind That Donald Trump Is No Ronald Reagan
The president-elect may struggle to enact policies to allow charities to take a political stand, and he won’t have an easy time enacting some of his promises on immigration, energy, and the environment.
By Suzanne Garment and Leslie Lenkowsky
Trump’s Foundation Could Raise New Questions About Who Deserves Tax Breaks
Think of the fund like a celebrity philanthropy, not a family grant maker — because it shows all the problems typically associated with giving by the stars.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Clinton Fund Controversy Stems From Americans’ Support of Nonprofits Over Government
Conservatives who bash the Clinton Foundation over conflicts of interest must be willing to support something they don’t like: more government.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY