In February, Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) introduced a new bill (H.R. 1260) to establish a universal charitable deduction. Like the Charitable Giving Tax Deduction Act (H.R. 651), the bill would create an above-the-line deduction for non-itemizers. Text for the bill has not yet been released publicly.

Starting immediately, he told the audience at the August 2018 event, NYU would offer full-tuition scholarships to every medical student, regardless of merit or need.

Giving to higher education reached nearly $47 billion in 2018, a 7 percent increase from 2017 and the highest amount ever reported.

Two reports released in the fall of 2018 provide encouraging news and strategic insights for fundraisers.

In development, making the ask can seem nerve-wracking. But it's not the ask itself that's the hard part, says Jim Bob Womack. The hard work is everything that happens before and after the ask. Here, Womack shares insights on the process of making the ask.

You’re a major gifts officer in the eighth year of a campaign, and weary donors are greeting you with the excitement of, well, a fundraiser who’s been calling them for eight years.

Prospective principal gift donors are not simply prospective major gift donors with greater wealth.

Are you only focusing on wealth and inclination of prospective donors or are you looking to build relationships and explore the big ideas and partnerships?

I'd stumbled onto something potentially big, but I couldn't see the path ahead.

New European privacy rules, effective May 25, 2018, require nonprofits to let donors know what kind of data they're collecting and how they plan to use it.