How Government Should Help Philanthropy: The Council on Foundations Perspective - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.

How Government Should Help Philanthropy: The Council on Foundations Perspective - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.: In any case, realizing that this lack of knowledge and some skepticism about philanthropy exists among legislators, Schulz has begun to shift the Council’s approach to Congress, from presenting one-sided issue papers to position papers that show not only the council’s position but also what “detractors” say in opposition.

And unsurprisingly, COF is largely focused on tax proposals this year. The proposal to flatten the private foundation excise tax, currently a confusing two-tiered tax that most foundation and nonprofit policy people think should be simplified to something in the one percent range, not only gets endorsed broadly within the nonprofit sector, but usually in the federal budget proposals of successive presidents.