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How To Maximize Your Charitable Giving To Save Taxes

What is the best way to make your donations to charity? I use two tactics – “tax bunching” and a donor advised gift fund. read more

How I Talk to Clients About Charitable Giving for Tax Breaks

How Taylor Kovar, Founder and CEO of 11 Financial, explains charitable giving to clients who want to create more tax advantages in 2025 than they saw in 2024. read more

7 Surprising Facts About Giving From Donor-Advised Funds

Vanguard Charitable in April published a new edition of its ongoing Why Giving Matters research series. The report draws on more than a decade’s worth of insight into giving from over 32,000 Vanguard ... read more

'It's sickening': Orangetheory donations never sent after charity class in honor of man who died of cancer

The revelation comes after KGW revealed this week that at least 12 nonprofits didn't receive money raised for them through Orangetheory Slabtown charity classes. For years, head coach Ryan Tong ... read more

Charitable giving surges as donor-advised funds gain appeal for tax advantages and flexibility

Despite economic pressures weighing on Americans, charitable giving remains robust. According to a recent report by Fidelity Charitable, the organization issued nearly $12 billion in grants through it ... read more

Using Charitable Giving to Enhance Estate Planning

It is important for every estate planner to discuss charitable giving strategies with their clients, including the benefits and potential pitfalls of the most common methods of charitable giving. read more

Living Akamai: Charitable Planned Giving

In today’s Living Akamai segment, Kay Mukaigawa was joined by Jennifer Oyer, from Community Impact Advisors, to highlight the significance of charitable planned giving. They shared how a giving ... read more

Charity donation

Riziki Cafe recently donated $2,225.88 to Life*Way in Indiana. Riziki Cafe employees donate 100 percent of the tips they receive and 100 percent of the sales of sugar cookies to ... read more

Keep your charitable donations for homeless cats and dogs local

Arizona is home to countless local, regional, and state groups that effectively help homeless cats and dogs. These are the organizations animal lovers should be donating to rather than the ASPCA or ... read more

1. Asian Americans who give to charitable organizations

Two-thirds of Asian American adults say they have volunteered or made a donation through a charitable organization in the United States, their Asian ancestral homeland or both places in the 12 months ... read more

Fewer Canadians are giving to charity, and that's a problem for everyone

The number of Canadian tax filers claiming charitable donations fell from almost one in four In 2012 to just a little more than one in six in 2022, according to a Statistics Canada report. read more

Umbrella Roofing founder thinks big on charitable giving

Umbrella Roofing founder and president Trevor Cannon started a charitable giving program called 1% Close to Home in 2011. His business has made more than $1 million in contributions. Now he hopes to ... read more