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Three steps to engage your clients in October

October 6, 2025

Three steps to engage your clients in October

byChip DeBuse, Vice President, Development–Legacy Planning

Three clients. Three solutions. One common theme.

October 6, 2025

Three clients. Three solutions. One common theme.

bySusan Crotteau, Director of Planned Giving

Tongue twister: OBBBA, IRAs, QCDs, and FAQs

September 10, 2025

Tongue twister: OBBBA, IRAs, QCDs, and FAQs 

bySusan Crotteau, Director of Planned Giving

Timing is everything: Mapping out clients’ 2025 charitable giving plans

August 13, 2025

Timing is everything: Mapping out clients’ 2025 charitable giving plans

byChip DeBuse, Vice President for Development, Legacy Planning

May 21, 2025

Weighing the options: Private foundation or donor advised fund?

May 21, 2025

Philanthropy: It’s a marathon, not a sprint

May 21, 2025

Generational Shifts: Fulfilling clients' charitable wishes

bySandi Hansen, Vice President for Philanthropy Services

Sifting through it: What’s on the legislative menu that could impact charitable giving?

February 26, 2025

Sifting through it: What’s on the legislative menu that could impact charitable giving?

byChip DeBuse, Vice President for Development – Legacy Giving

For clients who love local causes, Lincoln Community Foundation is the place

February 26, 2025

For clients who love local causes, Lincoln Community Foundation is the place

bySusan Crotteau, Director of Planned Giving

Charitable planning can help ease client procrastination

November 20, 2024

Charitable planning can help ease client procrastination

November 20, 2024

Must-know tips for clients’ year-end giving

Planning for a sunset: Lock in a higher exemption, unlock a legacy

July 29, 2024

Planning for a sunset: Lock in a higher exemption, unlock a legacy

Advising the charitable millionaire next door

July 29, 2024

Advising the charitable millionaire next door

July 29, 2024

Q3 2024 Professional Advisors Newsletter

Donor advised funds: Recommended reading

March 6, 2024

Donor advised funds: Recommended reading

Tax return reviews help clients level up charitable giving plans

March 6, 2024

Tax return reviews help clients level up charitable giving plans

Fund types tailored to your client’s charitable goals

March 6, 2024

Fund types tailored to your client’s charitable goals

FAQs: A snapshot of clients’ tax-time charitable giving questions

February 9, 2024

FAQs: A snapshot of clients’ tax-time charitable giving questions

Tips for serving clients who love local

February 9, 2024

Tips for serving clients who love local

Psst: Don’t forget about charitable gift annuities

February 9, 2024

Psst: Don’t forget about charitable gift annuities

Tax law twists and turns: Five developments impacting charitable giving

January 8, 2024

Tax law twists and turns: Five developments impacting charitable giving

Big gifts, bullish portfolios, and kids who move away

January 8, 2024

Big gifts, bullish portfolios, and kids who move away

Unrestricted giving, the trust factor, and why it matters to your clients

January 8, 2024

Unrestricted giving, the trust factor, and why it matters to your clients

Charitable giving tips for clients’ golden years

December 11, 2023

Charitable giving tips for clients’ golden years

Philanthropy keeps your clients sticky

December 11, 2023

Philanthropy keeps your clients sticky

By the numbers: What’s around the corner in 2024

December 11, 2023

By the numbers: What’s around the corner in 2024

Life insurance: A key charitable planning tool for certain clients

November 3, 2023

Life insurance: A key charitable planning tool for certain clients

Tips for clients’ year-end giving

November 3, 2023

Tips for clients’ year-end giving

Charitable planning and female clients: Three mini-case studies

October 4, 2023

Charitable planning and female clients: Three mini-case studies

Clients want to know: What’s deductible and what’s not?

October 4, 2023

Clients want to know: What’s deductible and what’s not?

Spotting opportunity: Moving from a commercial fund to the community foundation

October 4, 2023

Spotting opportunity: Moving from a commercial fund to the community foundation

Keep your eye on clients’ appreciated stock–always

September 12, 2023

Keep your eye on clients’ appreciated stock–always

For clients who may sell a business, the time to think charitably is right now

September 12, 2023

For clients who may sell a business, the time to think charitably is right now

Smart disaster giving can offer predictability to the unpredictable

September 12, 2023

Smart disaster giving can offer predictability to the unpredictable

Helping your clients get organized: Structure is a critical step in multi-generational philanthropy

August 8, 2023

Helping your clients get organized: Structure is a critical step in multi-generational philanthropy

Legacy giving: A conversation that’s full of opportunity

August 8, 2023

Legacy giving: A conversation that’s full of opportunity

How “catch-up” contributions can boost clients’ giving

July 6, 2023

How “catch-up” contributions can boost clients’ giving

Gifts of cash or stock: Is it a toss-up?

June 6, 2023

Gifts of cash or stock: Is it a toss-up?

Bridging the gaps in multi-generational family philanthropy

June 6, 2023

Bridging the gaps in multi-generational family philanthropy

Retirement plans to charity: Understanding the “trifecta” of tax benefits

May 8, 2023

Retirement plans to charity: Understanding the “trifecta” of tax benefits

Tax scrutiny: Should clients worry about the IRS’s bigger budget?

May 8, 2023

Tax scrutiny: Should clients worry about the IRS’s bigger budget?

Turmoil in banking and technology: Optimism for charitable giving?

April 5, 2023

Turmoil in banking and technology: Optimism for charitable giving?

Proposed legislation: Is better deductibility back on the table?

April 5, 2023

Proposed legislation: Is better deductibility back on the table?

Giving a business to charity: Stack the odds in your client’s favor

March 8, 2023

Giving a business to charity: Stack the odds in your client’s favor

Hidden no more: Designated funds and field-of-interest funds

March 7, 2023

Hidden no more: Designated funds and field-of-interest funds

Client conversations: Why your 2023 agenda must include charitable giving

February 9, 2023

Client conversations: Why your 2023 agenda must include charitable giving

It’s not too early for spring cleaning: Make 2023 the year to help clients get organized

February 9, 2023

It’s not too early for spring cleaning: Make 2023 the year to help clients get organized

In case you missed it: Three tax tips worth smiling about

February 9, 2023

In case you missed it: Three tax tips worth smiling about

Celebrating the new Legacy IRA and a boost for QCDs

January 5, 2023

Celebrating the new Legacy IRA and a boost for QCDs

It just keeps getting better: Why charitable gift annuities are having a moment

January 5, 2023

It just keeps getting better: Why charitable gift annuities are having a moment