The sunglasses didn't make it into the exhibit. | Photo by Jim Tweedie
Museum-goers would probably love to see Eli Whitney’s cotton gin or a singing baby doll invented by Thomas Edison. But what about fuzzy dice and two Beanie Babies previ...
While gift planners understandably prefer the charitable remainder trust’s (CRT) flexibility in the design of the commencement and duration of payments, the charitable gift annuity (CGA) can be surprisingly effective as well. The acceleration of ...
At its annual banquet, a major charity calls out the name of each attendee who then stands and announces the amount he pledges to the annual campaign...
"Yale is not a charity," says Dylan Matthews of Vox | Peter Spiro/iStock/Thinkstock
Dylan Matthews at Vox.com asks if Yale is the most deserving "charity" to give Blackstone founder and billionaire Stephen Schwarzman a tax deduction, thanks to...
Readers who follow the philanthropic press should be aware of the recent rebound in giving by the wealthiest Americans, as reflected in the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s (the Chronicle’s) recent summary of the top 50 donors in the United States in ...
Your client wants to create a “silent trust” with a charity as the sole beneficiary. And he doesn’t want the charity to now know about his plans. He wants the assets to remain in the trust for a period of years before they begin...
The good life. | Copyright Oli Scarff, Getty Images
You'll be forgiven for missing it, but Tuesday was national Equal Pay Day, a chance for advocates to point out how wide the national gender wage gap still is in the U.S. (For the record...