Businesses frequently make cash donations to charitable organizations. But what happens to the deductibility of those donations under the state and local tax limitations imposed by the 2017 tax law?
If volatile market conditions persist, gifts of hard-to-value assets may become popular substitutes for appreciated stock gifts.
Stitching Stories, Empowering Youth • New Recipient of Think Big for Kids grant • H.U.G.S. & K.I.S.S.E.S. Awards • Big Hearts Under the Big Top • So long, stretch IRA • Charitable planning is a must prior to sale of a business • 14th Annual Family Business Speaker Series
YouthBridge awarded a $35,000 Think Big for Kids grant to Health Equity Works in support of the Missouri Child Development Account Coalition.
To Everything There is a Season…
“If our youth have the option, they will choose peace,” says Susan Colangelo, President, CEO and founder of Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artist Collective.
Before your business-owner client starts putting out feelers to potential acquirers, be sure to counsel your client about the benefits of contributing an ownership interest to a charitable organization, especially to a flexible donor-advised fund at the community foundation.
Among the changes enacted by the SECURE Act, which became law on December 20, 2019, is a provision eliminating the so-called stretch IRA.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to inform your clients about a special provision in the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act.
Impact Investments • Ready Readers • Family Foundation or Donor Advised-Fund? • Think Big for Kids • Creative Solutions • Tax Savvy • Philanthropy in the News
Each week, hundreds of volunteers experience the adventure of reading with about 10,000 preschoolers across the St. Louis region, as part of Ready Readers’ mission to prepare children entering Kindergarten in low-income communities with the skills to be ready to read.
#GivingTuesday continues to grow in popularity. 2019 marked the eighth annual event, raising an estimated $511 million online.
As you counsel your nonprofit organization clients and individual clients who are board members of charities, it is important to stay on top of changes in the tax laws that pertain to exempt organizations.
The St. Louis community is often referred to as one of the most charitable in the United States, and rightfully so. We often rank in the top ten of large metropolitan areas, which is one more reason to be proud of our region.
As your clients gear up for another year of giving, how can you help them make the most of their good intentions? Consider helping clients plan their charitable giving budgets around three points—amount, timing, and category.
YouthBridge Community Foundation, the foundation with a 140+-year history supporting children and youth causes in St. Louis, today announced that it has made the first investments of its 25×25 Impact Investing Initiative, which should total $5-6 million over the next five years. This year, YouthBridge … More →
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. It is an important time to shed light on child sexual exploitation, how it contributes to a modern form of slavery, and what people can do to help prevent it.
Saint Louis Crisis Nursery • City Academy • A Shared Piece of History • Spotlight on Board Director Dan Bean • Order now for next year!
As its name implies, Crisis Nursery is there for children and families in crisis, and in an especially violent summer for St. Louis children, the organization was working overtime.
Before I started at City Academy, our Board Chair described it for me as the most magical place in St. Louis, but said that he couldn’t tell me everything I would feel. I understand now exactly what he meant.