Don’t Look Just at the Short-Term Battle Over Charity Tax Breaks
Nonprofits must get business, government, and citizens involved in a serious debate about what it takes to get the resources communities need to solve problems.
By Andrew Watt
Contributor
Nonprofits Should Focus on Gun Control—Not Donor Tax Breaks
The tragic shooting in Newtown, Conn. underlines the absurdity of the massive effort nonprofits have put into protecting the charitable deduction.
By PABLO EISENBERG
Contributor
Mistakes to Learn From in the Charitable-Deduction Debate
Nonprofits are not well understood and haven’t done enough to take advantage of the trust Americans have in them.
By PHIL BUCHANAN
Contributor
Opinion: Economic Growth, Not Tax Break, Will Drive Charity
Nonprofit groups should lobby for lower rates rather than for preserving the charitable deduction, the head of a free-market think tank writes in The Wall Street Journal.
Nonprofit Leaders Must Speak Out About What’s Wrong
In the fiscal-cliff negotiations, the response to the Newtown shootings, and elsewhere, too many nonprofit executives refuse to accept responsibility for their actions.
By MARK ROSENMAN
Contributor
Nonprofits Split on Supporting Obama Tax Plan
The White House persuaded a handful of groups to support higher taxes, but failed in its plea to persuade nonprofits to stop lobbying so hard on the charitable deduction.
By Doug Donovan
Contributor
Opinion: Pay-Gap Trend Comes to Higher Education
A recent analysis of compensation for private-college presidents shows how the corporate trend toward greater income inequality has come to academe, a financier and economic analyst writes in a New York Times column.
Opinion: Pro and Con on Charitable-Deduction Limits
Detailed arguments for and against abolishing or limiting tax breaks for charitable gifts are aired in dueling Wall Street Journal pieces.
Opinion: Find Out How Groups Spend Their Mission Dollars
How a charity uses the money it spends on programs is a more important measure of effectiveness than the proportion it spends on overhead, a New York Times columnist argues.
Tax-Credit Program Isn’t Covert Operation
The program saves the state’s taxpayers money, and parents are fueling the growth, says the leader of an organization that helps manage the program.