AFP’s current key legislative priority is passage of the Charitable Act, which would allow taxpayers, regardless of whether they itemize their taxes or not, to take a deduction for their giving. This bill is a reintroduction of the Universal Giving Pandemic Response and Recovery Act from 2021. Learn more about the Charitable Act and how you can help make it law.
Use the form below to send an email to your Congresspeople, asking them to support this important legislation.
AFP Global is asking all U.S. chapters to visit at least one member of Congress and/or their staff during the week of August 5-9, virtually or in-person. We encourage all chapters to have a government relations chair or other board member in place who can help lead this effort on the chapter level.
A bipartisan group of 33 House Ways and Means Members sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury expressing concerns about the proposed donor advised fund regulations.
As the letter states: “We are concerned these regulations could have the unintended consequence of impeding charitable giving in our communities…We urge Treasury to adequately respond to the concerns raised to Treasury’s requests for comments before issuing final regulations.”
President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 117-328), which included Division T (SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022). The new law includes a modified version of the Legacy IRA Act to enhance and expand the IRA Charitable Rollover.
The Association of Fundraising Professionals Political Action Committee is a one-of-a-kind body, the only PAC dedicated to advancing ethical fundraising and philanthropy. The PAC supports candidates for federal office who in turn support giving, volunteering and fundraising. Learn more about the PAC.