Daily News Roundup: Politcking and the Tax Code — Freeing Charities or Harming Them?

News About Nonprofits and the Tax Overhaul

Tax Code Change Could Free Churches and Charities to Become Political Players (The Wall Street Journal — subscription). Also, see Roger Colinvaux’s commentary in The Chronicle on how partisan politics could overtake the nonprofit world.

Opinion: Leave the Johnson Amendment Alone (The New York Times)

Millions Would Lose Mortgage and Gift Write-Offs Under U.S. Tax Bill: Study (Reuters). Also, see The Chronicle’s coverage of how nonprofits are trying to influence the final tax bill and how nonprofits are talking to donors about the proposed legislation.

Tax Bill Could Offer New Way to Funnel Political Cash — and Make It Tax-Deductible (NPR)

About Giving, From the Wall Street Journal

Research Shows How Far People Will Go to Avoid Being Asked for Donations

How Charities Can Overcome Donors’ Reluctance to Give to Places Perceived as Far Away

The Trick to Getting Narcissists to Give to Charities

More News About Nonprofits

Calif.’s Getty Museum Survives Wildfire, Ready for Quakes (Reuters)

What did Charles Koch Buy When He Gave $50 Million to Higher Education in 2016? (International Business Times)

How GoFundMe Is Redefining the Business of Disaster Relief (Fast Company)

Q&A: Can a Museum Sell Its Art to Stay in Business? (Associated Press)

Opinion

Female Foundation Chief on How to End the Culture of Sexual Harassment (The Baltimore Sun)

President of Hillsdale College Argues Why His Institution Deserves an Exemption in the Tax Bill (The Wall Street Journal — subscription)

Next-Generation Donors Will Revolutionize Giving (The Denver Post)

Interview: A Conversation About Inheritance, Philanthropy, and Aging With Philosopher Martha Nussbaum and Law Professor Saul Levmore (The Atlantic)