Washington Snapshot - April 17, 2015
News from the Hill
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would exempt donations to 501(c)(4)s, (5)s, and (6)s from the gift tax. As POLITICO points out, this would exempt a broad category of political organizations from the gift tax.
Current law is ambiguous on whether donors…
Washington Snapshot - April 3, 2015
The Council’s public policy team is drafting Council comments for the working groups. We will share these with our readers once they are finalized. If your organization submits comments and is willing to share them with the Council, we would like to highlight excerpts in future editions of…
Washington Snapshot - March 27, 2015
News from the Hill
As a reminder, the issues that impact charitable organizations and individual donors fall within the “business” and “individual” working groups. The business working group, which will address tax provisions that impact the business and operations of charitable organizations, is…
Washington Snapshot - March 13, 2015
Philanthropy Week in Washington is Here!
Empowering Communities. Together.
Mark your calendars: the second annual Philanthropy Week in Washington 2015 kicks off this upcoming Monday, March 16th!
As our readers know, Philanthropy Week in Washington is a week-long series of events and activities…
Washington Snapshot - March 6, 2015
Philanthropy Week in Washington is 2 Weeks Away!
Empowering Communities. Together.
Mark your calendars: the second annual Philanthropy Week in Washington kicks off on Monday, March 16th!
As our readers know, Philanthropy Week in Washington is a week-long series of events and activities hosted by…
Washington Snapshot - February 27, 2015
A Vital Pipeline: How Donor Advised Funds Engage New Donors and Boost Communities
Once again, commentator Alan Cantor has written a commentary on donor advised funds, this time for Inside Philanthropy. In the piece he reiterated comments he has made before, stating, “The surge in donor-advised…
Washington Snapshot - February 13, 2015
In this week's Washington Snapshot:
House Passes America Gives More Act of 2015;
Other News from the Hill;
News from the Administration;
Trending in Legal Affairs;
Philanthropy News & Op-Eds; and more!
Read all this and more, online now!
Washington Snapshot - February 6, 2015
Ways & Means Committee Passes Charitable Bills
The House Ways and Means Committee met Wednesday to markup several important bills focused on the charitable sector. The actions included making permanent charitable “tax extenders,” such as the IRA charitable rollover and simplifying the private…
Washington Snapshot - January 30, 2015
House to Take Up Charitable Bills
McCarthy's Memo Gives Signals
According to a memo that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23) circulated this week, the House is anitcipated to introduce and markup bills on the three charitable tax extenders: the IRA charitable rollover, enhanced…
Washington Snapshot - January 23, 2015
Senate Finance Committee Looks to Tax Reform
Hatch and Wyden Launch Bipartisan Tax Reform Working Groups
On Thursday the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), announced five new bipartisan tax reform working groups. The groups…
Washington Snapshot - January 16, 2015
Senate Finance Committee Looks to Tax Reform
Hatch and Wyden Launch Bipartisan Tax Reform Working Groups
On Thursday the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), announced five new bipartisan tax reform working groups. The groups…
Washington Snapshot - January 9, 2015
114th Congress Kicks Off
The 114th Congress converged on D.C. this week, with many new lawmakers among them. Fifty-eight new members of the House of Representatives and twelve new Senators started their new jobs this week. Check out National Journal’s interactive guide to the new members of…
Washington Snapshot - December 12, 2014
House Fails to Make Charitable Extenders Permanent
Party-Line Vote and White House Veto Threat
Yesterday, we told our readers in a breaking news alert that the House failed to advance the Supporting America’s Charities Act (H.R. 5806), a milestone bill that would have widely benefited philanthropy…
Washington Snapshot - October 03, 2014
Tell Congress: Pass the America Gives More Act
While your lawmakers are home in October to ask for votes, make sure you ask them to pass the America Gives More Act provisions into permanent law during the lame duck!
A Bloomberg BNA piece this week highlighted the challenging position in which IRA…
Washington Snapshot - August 1, 2014
In this week's Washington Snapshot:
August Recess
Council August Tool Kit
Dynamic Scoring Hearing
Eric Cantor Resigns
New Bills
Social Impact Bonds Senate Bill
Regulatory Updates
And more!
Read this issue today!
Washington Snapshot - July 25, 2014
Just Announced: August Recess Toolkit
Have you scheduled time with your Congressional delegation during August recess? If so, we have just the tools and resources you might need . . .
In the past few editions of our weekly Washington Snapshot newsletter, we have been previewing an upcoming policy…