Perspectives

Since 2006 the IRA Charitable Rollover has allowed generous, older Americans to donate millions of dollars from their Individual Retirement Accounts directly to America’s charities – and the populations they serve – during a time when traditional charitable contributions were on the decline or remained flat. The IRA Rollover has generated an enormous amount of new charitable giving to thousands of nonprofits that work every day to enrich lives and strengthen communities across the country. Given the great success of the IRA Rollover, and the extent to which the charitable sector and donors alike have come to rely on this critical giving incentive, PPP was proud to lead the fight in Congress to make the IRA Rollover a permanent part of the tax code at the end of 2015. And with this permanent, albeit limited, IRA Rollover firmly in place now is the time to push for an expanded provision.