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The use of donor-advised funds as a means of donating to nonprofit organizations, and the potential limitations on transparency in such donations.
Before instructing an to send money to a nonprofit, an IRA owner should confirm the charity is an eligible public charity (not a donor‑advised fund or private foundation), verify the charity can and w...
Public filings show the Heritage Foundation ran roughly $101 million in revenue in 2023, but independent reporting and transparency databases do not publish a single, comprehensive roster of individua...
The new above‑the‑line charitable deduction created by the 2025 tax package is narrowly targeted: it covers cash gifts made directly to U.S. publicly supported 501(c) charities and explicitly excludes...
was funded not by a single, transparent pot but by a web of , and itself; public reporting identifies several large foundations and specific grants between 2022–2024 but does not provide a comprehensi...
Qualified Charitable Distributions () can be made only to charities that meet the ’s definition of a qualifying 501(c); by contrast, , donor‑advised funds and supporting organizations are explicitly i...
The short answer: No — taxpayers cannot claim the new above-the-line charitable deduction for non‑itemizers for the 2025 tax year; that provision becomes effective for taxable years beginning after De...
’s public financial trail for 2024–2025 is thin: available records show at least one Form 990 processed in August 2025 but independent charity-data services say the organization has only one electroni...
such as and act as intermediaries that collect major philanthropic dollars, provide fiscal sponsorship and donor-advised services, and regrant to projects and campaigns—often enabling donor anonymity ...
came largely from wealthy conservative individuals, family foundations and established right‑of‑center philanthropic vehicles rather than broad corporate giving, with small early gifts growing into mu...