In 2017, we will share first-hand stories of how clients use their DonorsTrust donor-advised accounts in different ways. Here is Frayda Levy’s story, the second installment in our series. You can read the…
You’ve probably encountered the phrase “Think globally, act locally.” Maybe you’ve seen its close cousins, the “Buy Local” or “Fair Trade” campaigns. David Brower, the founder of Earth Day, coined…
There are many methods and platforms for carrying-out your charitable giving. Simplest, of course, is a direct cash gift to a charity of your choosing. More complex charitable giving usually…
Will the new Trump administration’s proposed tax plans affect charitable giving? And if so, should you increase your giving before the calendar flips to 2017? Recent articles, such as this Forbes…
At the end of the film Back to the Future, it is 1984, and Marty McFly is processing how his life has changed. He says to his girlfriend, “Everything is…
Year-end is at hand. With year-end comes year-end tax planning, including your last chance to make a charitable donation and claim a tax deduction for the 2016 tax year. Here…
Whitney had battled breast cancer for many years, never letting it distract from her passion for work or from fully enjoying life.
If you haven’t finished (or even yet begun) this year’s charitable giving, consider establishing a donor-advised account to facilitate and simplify your year-end giving in a tax-friendly way. Donor-advised fund…
Each month, an expert from the liberty movement shares thoughts on how we might be more strategic in our charitable giving. This month, Ingrid A. Gregg, who led the recent…
The three presidential debates this year featured plenty of discussion about charitable activities (or, more accurately, the questions surrounding those activities). Absent, however, was any discussion of how charitable donors…
