When foundations make grants to DAFs, the digital trail normally created instead becomes a dead end.
- Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State University
The elite university sued the Trump administration after the government revoked its ability to enroll international students.
The IRS would need to conduct an audit first. And presidents aren’t allowed to make the IRS do that.
Donors can get two different tax breaks when they give by turning stocks, bonds and other financial assets into charitable gifts.
Big changes would require an act of Congress but lawmakers have not stepped up. And there’s been pushback against new rules the IRS has proposed for these accounts reserved for giving.
The NRA’s new leaders have to make important decisions as they confront a shaky financial future.
The National Rifle Association is spending heavily on legal fees and slashing programs for its members.
The founder of the now-defunct exchange for trading cryptocurrencies believed in ‘earning to give.’
The people in charge of museums may lack the requisite expertise to manage non-fungible tokens, and the upside is far from guaranteed.
While declaring bankruptcy, the gun group confusingly said it was in great financial shape.
NRA executives allegedly benefited personally from the improper use of its funds.
The group’s bottom line has been shaky for years. And its board has been unwilling or unable to respond.
More often than not, the group owes more money than it has available to spend at the end of the year.
Harvesting gains from digital money by giving some of it away can be better for donors than the nonprofits they support.
When organizations dedicated to doing good make money their top priority, they get into trouble.
For-profit fundraisers often keep more of the money they collect on behalf of nonprofits than they should but Ohio’s attorney general is accusing a charity of serving as an accomplice to a crime.
Why do nonprofit fundraisers juxtapose calls to feed the hungry, house the homeless and cure cancer with champagne toasts?
There are reasons to channel Harvey aid through the nonprofit despite evidence that it wasted money following Haiti’s earthquake and fumbled Superstorm Sandy relief efforts.
Some veterans’ charities make the most of their donors’ dollars, while others squander that money. Vetting these groups will help ensure your money is well-spent.
As these tax-exempt vehicles transform philanthropy, they’re drawing more scrutiny. Will Congress or the Trump administration tinker with the rules that encouraged their rapid growth?
President Trump recently repeated his pledge to eliminate the 63-year-old law, which bans charities from engaging in political activities, at the National Prayer Breakfast.
Given Trump’s substantial conflicts of interest, the foundation’s admission of self-dealing should sound a warning to both the president-elect and voters as he takes the oath of office.
Many critics have made outlandish claims, yet beyond the partisan noise there are legitimate concerns that deserve closer scrutiny.
The Trump Foundation has received lots of scrutiny in recent months questioning how much the candidate gives, where the charity’s money comes from and how it’s used. Here’s what we know so far.
The Clintons’ charities have recently come under scrutiny, leading its largest arm to promise to spin off into an independent organization if Hillary Clinton is elected president.
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