Why Limiting Charitable Deductions Might Actually Help Charities

The Philantopic blog had a great post today about the Obama administration proposal on limiting itemized deductions on charitable giving. It quoted a survey by the Association of Fundraising Proposals that found that development officers expect to see at least a slight drop in giving if the proposal goes into effect.

As a University of Chicago trained economist, this make sense. As it becomes more expensive to give, people will do less of it.

But is it a wholly awful scenario? Read More…

Why Counting Matters

Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted.

 

The above quote by Einstein is one of my favorites. I think its a nice counterbalance to the measure everything culture that some have dived into. What I love about the quote is that it is not saying that counting things is bad, just that there are some things that can be counted that don’t really matter and some things that matter that don’t really count. Read More…