Wash. State Capital’s Permit Law Dislodges Charity Food Giveaway – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Wash. State Capital’s Permit Law Dislodges Charity Food Giveaway – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: he Olympia, Wash., City Council passed legislation Tuesday to require paid permits for activities at municipally owned parking lots, sparking protests from a religious charity that uses one such lot to serve meals to the homeless, The Olympian reports.

Schumer Introduces Bill to Expand Charitable IRA Rollovers | Planned Giving Design Center

Schumer Introduces Bill to Expand Charitable IRA Rollovers | Planned Giving Design Center: Senate Finance Committee member Charles E. Schumer, D-NY has introduced S. 1772, the Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2013, which if passed would expand and extend without expiration the definition of tax-free IRA distributions made for charitable purposes for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013. The current IRA rollover law, which allows outright transfers of up to $100,000 to qualified charities from IRA holders age 70 1/2 or older is scheduled to expire at the end of this year.