A Dubious Distinction: Rethinking Tax Treatment of Private Foundations and Public Charities
Virginia Tax Review, Vol. 22, p. 137, 2002
50 Pages Posted: 23 Nov 2010
Date Written: 2002
Abstract
In this article, Marsh outlines the differences between private foundations and public charities (including community foundations) and the starkly different manner in which the Internal Revenue Service addresses them. She argues that the private/public distinction, a more or less accurate proxy for donor control in 1969 (when the current regulations were drafted), is anachronistic and ill equipped to deal with the rising importance of community foundations and for-profit charitable funds. A new paradigm is necessary to address new entities, especially donor-advised funds and supporting organizations. Finally, she argues that Congress should discard the dubious distinction between private foundations and public charities and replace it with a paradigm based on donor control.
Keywords: philanthropy, public charity, private foundation, tax, community foundation
JEL Classification: K34
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