Comments on: Foundation Friday: The public interest in private foundations http://nonprofiteer.net/2008/07/11/foundation-friday-the-public-interest-in-private-foundations/ Nonprofits Without The Nonsense--and that's just the tip of the iceberg! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:07:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anita Bernstein http://nonprofiteer.net/2008/07/11/foundation-friday-the-public-interest-in-private-foundations/#comment-830 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:29:10 +0000 http://nonprofiteer.wordpress.com/?p=496#comment-830 Quibble: In her Times op-ed Ray Madoff didn’t have much of a problem with the dogs, or the Chacun a son gout concept. Instead she advocated spending-down rules for charitable institutions (even if they threaten perpetual existence) and limits on the prerogative of rich people to exclude their income from tax by sticking it in their foundations. But your last sentence covers Madoff’s point perfectly.

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