A working group of more than 40 charitable sector organizations under the leadership of the Council on Foundations has developed eight Principles of International Charity as an alternative to Treasury guidelines on preventing the diversion of charitable assets to terrorist activity.  MORE »

For the last five years or so, Gift-PL (the email listserv operated by the National Committee on Planned Giving) has periodically included a discussion thread asking if anyone knew when the latest edition of Debra Ashton's book, The Complete Guide to Planned Giving, would be released. The anticipation and speculation was intense. Well, it's here and Debra has allowed us to give you a peak behind the cover.  MORE »

Those who know Vaughn Henry know he is no shrinking violet when it comes to expressing his opinion. In this edition of Gift Planner's Digest, planned giving officers and professional advisors alike are fair game as Vaughn discusses "understanding why the curmudgeon client is a latent philanthropist." This article is tough medicine for the gift planning industry. Mr. Henry and noted planned giving consultant and author Debra Ashton will be debating these issues at the 14th National Conference on Planned Giving, to be held October 2 -- 5, 2001 in Indianapolis, Indiana.  MORE »