Charitable Giving
Learn about the most effective ways your clients can contribute to charities that align with their personal philanthropic goals while also reducing their taxes.
Foundations Increasingly Using Investment Assets to Achieve Social Benefit
By Michael S. FischerGrant makers holding a fifth of all U.S. foundation assets are investing endowment dollars to further their charitable missions, according to a Foundation Center report released last week.
October 26, 2011
Making the Most of a MentorFinancial advisors-in-training must be ambitious, gutsy and thrive on hard work. Thats just for starters. And who is best qualified to guide these rookies on their challenging journey to profit and prosperity? Somebody whos walked miles and miles in their shoes: in other words, a caring mentor.
October 19, 2011
Maximizing Internships, Pt. 2: Be Realistic About Chances You’ll Hire ThemInternships may be great for advisory firms, but only 20% of interns become employees of those firms.
October 18, 2011
Witnesses to Senators: Charitable Deduction Must Be PreservedA host of witnesses told the Senate Committee on Finance on Tuesday that reducing or eliminating the tax deduction for charitable contributions would be a mistake that would harm ability of philanthropic groups to provide services to those most in need.
October 18, 2011
Nonprofit Fundraising Growth Slowed Over Summer: BlackbaudOverall charitable giving to nonprofit organizations grew robustly in the June-to-August period compared with the same period last year, according to the latest Blackbaud Charitable Giving Index, but growth in donations slowed as the summer progressed.
October 13, 2011
Buffet Made $62,855,038 Last Year (CNN Money)Since August, when Warren Buffett published an op-ed in The New York Times, he has drawn national attention for his campaign to get Congress to raise taxes on the wealthy.
October 12, 2011
Warren Buffett’s Son, Peter, Says Dad Doesn’t Owe Him a ThingBillionaire investor Warren Buffett has earned a reputation as a highly quotable speaker, and now his son Peter is following in his fathers footsteps even though he wont be inheriting his dads fortune.
October 10, 2011
Looking to Give a Million? Tool Helps Big Donors Find Right MatchA new tool lets big-dollar donors find out about the charities they want to give to before they write that check.