by Rusty Lewis | Dec 22, 2015 | Legacy Giving
Great news! The President made permanent the IRA charitable rollover as part of the latest tax bill signed late last week. But… YOU MUST ACT FAST! To leverage the tax benefits in 2015, the IRA rollover must be transferred by December 31! The IRA charitable...
by Rusty Lewis | Aug 12, 2010 | Leadership
I recently posted a blog regarding the challenge given by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, called The Giving Pledge. In it, Gates and Buffet challenged the nation’s billionaires to pledge to give away at least 50% of their fortunes to charity, either at death or...
by Rusty Lewis | Jun 20, 2010 | Leadership
In what is being called one of the biggest fund raising pitches in US history, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet recently launched a campaign to challenge the nation’s billionaires to give at least half of their fortunes to charity. Starting with the Forbes list of...
by Rusty Lewis | Jun 16, 2009 | Leadership
It’s always interesting to see where charitable contributions come from as you view the statistics from the Giving USA report. Here is the breakdown: Where The Money Comes From * Individual Giving – $229.3 Billion – 75% of the total in 2008 *...