With less charitable giving flowing directly to charities, a tax policy scholar suggests some policy fixes

Even when donors have good intentions, philanthropy does not always produce good results.

By: Ray Madoff, Boston College, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: January 6, 2026

Words: 1,346

Last Updated: 3 days, 10 hours ago

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By Ray Madoff, Boston College

Law professor Ray Madoff is the co-founder and director of the Boston College Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good. In an interview with Emily Schwartz Greco, The Conversation U.S. philanthropy and nonprofits editor, Madoff sums up some of the main points about charitable giving she makes in her 2025 book, “The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy.” This interview has been edited for length …

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