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Congress will soon be considering a plan that would require a quarter of gifts to the wealthiest colleges be used for middle-class financial aid. Otherwise, the donations wouldn’t be fully deductible, and the schools risk their charitable status.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-05/for-rich-college-donors-a-favorite-tax-break-is-now-in-dangerv

The Philanthropy Roundtable filed an amicus brief Friday in a case challenging the California attorney general’s requirement that nonprofits disclose major donors in their annual registration filings.

http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/donor-protection-privacy-central-new-court-filing

While this piece is geared towards Canadian charities, it confronts a problem faced by many American nonprofits as well.

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/01/31/10-reasons-15-charity-overhead-myth-prevents-social-change

This blog post addresses donor behaviors that lead to more success in their philanthropic efforts.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jakehayman/2017/01/22/five-habits-of-philanthropists/#d53642e38a7e

Foreign NGOs in the country remain unclear about the details of new rules and their impact on their ability to continue their work in the new year.

http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/uncertainty-remains-over-china-s-law-on-foreign-nonprofits

In this blog post, Helen Brown gives some great tips for starting a great year.

https://www.helenbrowngroup.com/11-ways-can-ready-2017    

A new study from AIG details the assets of the insurance company’s richest U.S. customers.

http://fortune.com/2016/12/02/aig-study-billionaires-wealth-gap

The U.K.’s crackdown on nonprofits violating its data protection acts has begun. Changes in these acts may end up affecting U.S. nonprofits acting in the U.K. or maintaining information on U.K. prospects.

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/12/14/uk-authorities-fine-charities-donor-practices-common-us-nonprofits    

The methods (shell companies, first-time buyer status, etc.) are likely common in many areas of the world where real estate is at a premium.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-12/wealthy-avoid-hong-kong-real-estate-tax-curbs-to-save-millions