IRS Softens Blow From Taxed Employee Perks at Nonprofits: Daily News Roundup

Tax-Plan Revisions Seek to Reverse Ban on Political Activity by Nonprofits (Politico)

See more from the Chronicle about President Trump’s desire to get rid of the Johnson Amendment.

The Best Way to Get People to Give to Charity: Make It About Them (Quartz)

Billionaire Plans to Open Mental-Health Clinic in Tampa for Veterans (Tampa Bay Times)

Supreme Court Ducks Effort to Defund Planned Parenthood (NPR)

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Harvard Quietly Acquires California Vineyards — and Water Underneath (Wall Street Journal —subscription)

Star Drummer Accused of Embezzling $750,000 From Homeless-Kids Charity (KTLA)

Ideas, Opinion and Innovation

Richard Branson: Why Philanthropy Should Club Together (Devex)

See more in the Chronicle on a $105 million gift from Branson and others for medical research.

We Can’t Privatize Our Way Out of Poverty (Boston Globe)

Also, see this Chronicle column on public criticism of Bezos and other philanthropists. 

And see this Chronicle data cited in the column.

5 Key Areas Where Philanthropy Is Providing a Better Path (Barron’s)

IRA Distributions to Charity Are Often Not a Good Idea for Senior Citizens (Forbes)