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IRS reports provide key information about charitable giving. The way in which donors report their charitable giving to the IRS has evolved through the years. Prior to 1969, donors used IRS Form 1040 to itemize their gifts. Starting that year, taxpayers transitioned to a separate Schedule A to detail charitable gifts. In 1985, the IRS introduced… read more
A planned giving pipeline is like a gold mine. It is important to measure not only the value of what is coming out but also the value of the time and other resources being devoted to the mining process. Nonprofit organizations measure the effectiveness of their gift planning efforts in many different ways. Some place… read more
By Kathy Sperlak, Executive Vice President The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 doubled the standard deduction, which will mean fewer taxpayers will be itemizing their deductions for 2018. Many experts believe this will have a significant impact on charitable giving this year. In addition to the options mentioned in other articles in this… read more
By Robert F. Sharpe, Jr., Chief Consultant As the dust settles and the many implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the Act) on income and estate tax planning become increasingly clear, a number of new and different uses for familiar charitable planning tools are beginning to emerge. Take charitable lead trusts… read more
This July, we undertook a poll to see how respondents were doing through the first half of the year. Slightly more than half (51%) of the respondents reported an increase in current charitable gifts through the end of June, while the remainder of respondents indicated their gifts were flat (29%) or down (20%). Given the… read more
There are many reasons people make charitable gifts. Tax considerations are not among the most cited. By most accounts, 2017 was a record year for charitable giving (see “Trends in Giving: New Reports on U.S. Philanthropy” in the July 2018 Give & Take). However, a number of well-researched studies are predicting that overall charitable giving… read more
A number of recently released reports provide different perspectives on trends currently affecting charitable giving in the United States. Two of the most broadly followed reports, Giving USA 2018: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2017 and the 2017 Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) survey, both revealed record levels of charitable giving for… read more
Last fall, the Federal Reserve Bulletin examined changes in family finances from 2013 to 2016 based on the 2016 Survey of Consumer Finances. The report found broad-based gains in income and net worth since 2013. Because donors give from discretionary income and assets, these trends should be of interest to fundraisers. Real growth of income and wealth… read more
by Barlow T. Mann A new study suggests the long-promised transfer of wealth may now be upon us. The Chronicle of Philanthropy has recently collaborated with the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship/LOCUS (Center) to create a new study, $9 Trillion and Counting: How Charities Can Tap Into the Transfer of Wealth. While recent Giving USA reports… read more
McKendree University, located in Lebanon, IL, was founded in 1828 as Illinois’s first institution of higher education. Today, the liberal arts university has just under 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students and more than 23,000 alumni. We spoke with Whitney Strang (pictured), McKendree’s Director of Major and Planned Giving, about recent successes they’ve had in reaching… read more
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