Blog Posts & Webinars

Top Ten Noncash Post-Gift Considerations and Conundrums

June 20, 2023

The gift plan design, due diligence, ownership transfer is complete and the written acknowledgment is delivered to finalize the gift over the goal line… congratulations!!! …

Charitable Gifts of LLCs: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

May 16, 2023

Just when you thought you knew how to donate an LLC interest, here comes all the permutations and complexity.  I was so impressed with Reynolds…

Revolutionizing Gift Planning with Chat GPT and Other Tech: Unlocking the Power of Practical Applications

April 11, 2023

“The Internet? We are not interested in it.” – Bill Gates, 1993.nnPrecisely 30 years later Microsoft announces a new multibillion-dollar investment in ChatGPT-maker Open AI.…

Long Live The Donor (Well, Not Too Long!): Mortality Table Mysteries in Gift Planning

March 16, 2023

Since nearly the beginning of time, Development staff have joyfully quipped, “Create a gift annuity with us and you are guaranteed to live forever!”, followed…

Motivations and Philosophy Trends of Mega Donors: Seven Faces of Philanthropy, Giving Pledge, Epic Hero Story and Effective Altruism

February 8, 2023

Over the last three years, our team has averaged 7-10 new leads/conversations, with about one closed donation averaging $4.4 million EACH DAY.  These are mega donors…

Santa Delivers Secure Act 2.0: QCDs to CRTs and CGAs

January 6, 2023

Our inaugural 2023 webinar will cover one of the newest opportunities in planned giving:  qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) for life income gifts (CRTs and CGAs). …

Stop Declining Great Gifts!  How/Why/When do Charities Work with Charitable Solutions?

October 10, 2022

Charitable Solutions will have our 20th birthday on January 3rd . Yet, we still hear from charities with questions such as, “We have been declining (fill…

Charitable Remainder Trusts: Top Five Out of the Ordinary Conundrums and Solutions

September 1, 2022

THEY’RE BACK…… or did they really ever leave?  We are getting a spike in questions about charitable remainder trusts so this month’s webinar will briefly cover the CRT…

How to talk to people about wealth in ways that inspire major gifts of assets: The science and the sentences

August 22, 2022

Wealth is not held in cash; it’s held in other assets like stocks, bonds, real estate, and IRAs. Research shows that shifting donors to giving…

Shifting Gears: Rising Inflation and Interest Rates Impact on Charitable Giving

July 14, 2022

Interest rates are rising, fast.  And it’s not just the federal funds target rate. Yields on mid-term Treasuries, which touched historic lows in the early…

Top 5 Pros/Cons to Outsourcing Noncash Assets and Gift Annuities (and any other Donation)

June 13, 2022

This month’s webinar (see registration link below) will cover the benefits and costs to noncash and CGA outsourcing.  Having been an outsourced provider for 20…

Supporting Organizations:  Imagine Donor Advised Funds on Steroids

May 19, 2022

Charitable Solutions, LLC now manages nearly $2 billion in supporting organizations (SOs).  This session will cover the definitions (Type I, Type II and Type III),…

Top 10 Questions, Myths, and Mysteries About IRS Form 8283 and 8282

April 6, 2022

With the annual April tax deadline coming up, we figured the time might be ripe for a tax-focused webinar. Many charities just finished dealing with…

Charitable Gifts of Hedge Funds, PE/Real Estate Funds and Carried/Profit Interests

March 8, 2022

Our goal is to continue offering informative and timely free webinars based on what we are working on in the moment.  Right now, the hot topics…

Charitable Giving with NFTs: Tax, Legal and Processing Considerations

February 21, 2022

You knew this was coming!  NFTs or non-fungible tokens are the newest “asset” to pop up in the world of charitable gifting.  Last month, the top…

Webinar: Top Five Charitable Cases/Legislative Updates Impacting 2022

January 14, 2022

Happy New Year! Last year was a blur for our team on many levels with unprecedented activity across every service line. We completed more than…

Don’t Decline Noncash Gifts With Only 3 Weeks Left!

December 10, 2021

We expect to complete $1 billion in noncash donations this year with over $500 million in December transactions alone.  Every single one of these completed…

Cryptocurrency Processing Options/Best Practices: From Major Gifts to CRTs/CGAs

November 11, 2021

You may have heard about cryptocurrency once or twice or ten thousand times recently!  Your donors/clients have too.  We had a free webinar on Cryptocurrency…

Noncash Record Year ALREADY! Deconstructing Trends, Themes and Interesting Gifts

October 14, 2021

I had the pleasure of celebrating my 27th year of gift planning in 2021 and I have never experienced anything like the flow of new noncash…

CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITIES 101 – What they are, where they fit and how to get more …with no risk!

September 14, 2021

Gift annuities (CGAs) have existed in the US for more than 150 years (and in Europe since the Middle Ages)! While they are the most…

Everything You Need to Know about the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP) Designation

August 6, 2021

Since starting this webinar series, I have enjoyed writing and speaking about timely tax issues, unique gift transactions or hot asset classes. This month, I…

This Isn’t Your Grandfather’s Gift Annuity PART II: Six MORE Advanced CGA Applications

July 14, 2021

Gift annuities are the oldest, simplest, and most popular life income giving vehicle (there are more gift annuities than all other split interest gifts combined!). …

This Isn’t Your Grandfather’s Gift Annuity:

June 7, 2021

Three Advanced CGA Applications The Now-N-Later Impact CGA, Testamentary Stretch IRA CGA and Crypto CGA Gift annuities are the oldest, simplest and most popular life…

Noncash Qualified Appraisals Gone Wrong: Deconstructing Appraiser(al) Requirements and Forms 8283/8282

May 6, 2021

Most of us are aware that IRS will disallow a claimed deduction for a noncash contribution in excess of $5k, other than marketable securities, unless…

It’s a Brave New World: Charitable Gifts of SPACs, PIPEs and NFTs

April 1, 2021

One year ago, many of you probably didn’t know there was even such a thing as a Zoom consultant.  And you probably had also never…

Charitable Gift Annuity Reinsurance:

February 23, 2021

What It Is, What It Isn’t, When It Works and When It Doesn’t With so much economic volatility over the last 15 years, charities are…

Avoiding the Gray Line: Closer Recent Scrutiny of Noncash Charitable Prearranged Sales

February 8, 2021

The most recent donor data comes from 2018 where individual taxpayers reported noncash contributions totaling $83.5 billion, more than a third of all income tax charitable…

A Record-Setting Year in Review

January 19, 2021

Happy New Year Everyone! I first have to say that I am glad we all survived 2020 (especially December!).  In 2020, we set records across all…

Cryptocurrency Donations Explode—Are You Missing Out?

November 19, 2020

Cryptocurrency has been in the news recently for a couple of reasons, and we thought it might be helpful to share our perspective on this interesting asset for charitable giving purposes.

Don’t be Spooked by Mortgaged Real Estate: Three Creative Charitable Solutions

October 22, 2020

Giving real estate is an impactful way to support a charity and provide tax benefits to donors. But it’s rarely a simple transaction. Often it…

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