Some people refuse to file tax returns or pay all of their income tax due to moral or ethical concerns. The IRS warns that they, like more selfish tax scofflaws, may face penalties.
Members of the Muslim community gather for the first Taraweeh prayer of Ramadan in New York City in 2024.
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Researchers who analyzed a decade of data detected a reduction in giving after millions of Americans stopped getting a tax break tied to charitable giving.
DAFs more or less operate as a mini foundation.
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Big changes would require an act of Congress but lawmakers have not stepped up. And there’s been pushback against new rules the IRS has proposed for these accounts reserved for giving.
Even the best paragraphs may have room for improvement.
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Three philanthropy scholars discuss several trends in giving by the wealthiest Americans highlighted in this yearly report. Among them: Much of this money doesn’t go to charities right away.
Local newspapers have been shuttering at an alarming rate for more than a decade.
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As digital news pioneers observed, ‘local doesn’t scale.’ Any solution to the local news crisis is going to involve reporters and editors who are creative and smart about what works for their readers.
A Dearborn policeman knocked unconscious was the first casualty of the 1932 Ford Hunger March in Detroit and Dearborn.
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On March 7, workers at the Ford Rouge River plant marched for better working conditions, sparking America’s labor movement. Almost a century later, a quiet park honors their memory.
Women’s wills and last testaments provide a more nuanced picture of life in the Middle Ages than medieval stereotypes allow, such as that depicted in “Death and the Prostitute” by Master of Philippe of Guelders.
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European women’s rights expanded in early medieval cities, though they were still limited. Last wills and testaments were some of the few documents women could dictate themselves.
Former NRA leader Wayne LaPierre addresses the group’s members in 2022.
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The jury’s verdict followed years of allegations that the gun group’s top official and other leaders were spending money meant to benefit its members on their own luxuries.
Jim Simons and his wife, Marilyn Hawrys Simons, made a historic gift to Stony Brook University in 2023.
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Under his watch, congressional action toward gun control ground to a near halt that lasted for many years.
Scholars interviewed people living near the University of Colorado Hospital to assess whether it’s a good neighbor.
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A professor of nonprofit law explains why drafting any restrictions on charities requires proceeding with great care.
A priest and Catholic worshippers pray in front of an image of ‘Sangre de Cristo,’ burned in a fire on July 2020, at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua.
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Kai M. Thaler, University of California, Santa Barbara
When President Daniel Ortega returned to power in 2006, church figures supported him. Violent repression after the 2018 protests has soured the relationship and made clergy targets for intimidation.
Former NRA Leader Wayne LaPierre arrives for his civil trial at New York State Supreme Court on Jan. 8, 2024, in New York City.
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Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Donald A. Campbell Chair in Fundraising Leadership, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies; Associate Dean for Research and International Programs, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University