Policy Issue: Universal Charitable Deduction
A key policy issue for the Forum is the Universal Charitable Deduction.
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A key policy issue for the Forum is the Universal Charitable Deduction.
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Forum Policy Alert is a time-sensitive notification for United Philanthropy Forum members covering breaking public policy issues impacting the philanthropic sector. The topic of this alert is the House Ways and Means Members' Day Hearing.
In this member guest blog post, Kyle Caldwell, Council of Michigan Foundations President and CEO, discusses donor-advised funds from a community foundation perspective, following CMF's recently released report series that examines the practices of foundations in Michigan.
Check out the full agendas for the 2018 Foundations on the Hill. Last updated on 3/11/18.
This report benchmarks the progress of the Forum’s PSO members on advancing racial equity. In doing so, this report helps shed light on the internal and external racial equity strategies being undertaken across the larger PSO field. We also offer a summary of the successes and challenges PSOs face in designing and implementing racial equity efforts for further reflection and action.
Forum members share programming and resources on the topic of making an organization's website ADA compliant. Responses are compiled below by known organizations.
The Momentum Fund announced today that it has awarded a second round of grants totaling $605,000 to ten 501(c)(3) organizations around the country managing COVID-19 relief funds that provide grants and other forms of direct support to community-run organizations working with communities of color, historically marginalized populations, and other groups being disproportionately impacted by the pandemic that continues to ravage these communities.
United Philanthropy Forum’s 2020 Compensation & Benefits for Philanthropy-Serving Organizations report provides comprehensive benchmarking data and analyses on the employment practices of regional and national philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs).
Since 1917, the federal charitable tax deduction has provided a tax deduction for donations made to nonprofit organizations by taxpayers who itemize their tax returns, roughly one-third of all Americans. See the Forum's position and resources on this issue.
Anjana Pandey, Maya Thornell-Sandifor, Kelley Bevans and Gloris Estrella of Philanthropy Northwest reflect on their experiences last week at the Forum's Annual Conference.
Foundations on the Hill 2024 is the premier public policy and advocacy conference for the philanthropic sector. During #FOTH2024, sector leaders and advocates come together to learn, connect, and advocate on behalf of the sector and the communities we work in and with.
Forum Policy Update is a regular update for United Philanthropy Forum members covering public policy issues impacting the philanthropic sector. Topics in the latest update include Foundations on the Hill (FOTH) and PolicyWorks Institute, various policy proposals for charitable giving tax incentives, census 2020, and the H.R. 1 bill.
Letter from Forum President & CEO David Biemesderfer celebrating how our members have come together in 2021 and how the Forum adapted to provide new services while also maintaining many of our regular services to help support, inform and advance our members work.