Charitable-Giving Plan Divides Nonprofit Groups and Worries Donors

Mr. Kallina said that, while President Obama’s budget faces an uphill battle in Congress, he is worried that the provision lowering the charitable deduction could pass, given the president’s popularity and his party’s majority on Capitol Hill. “It is the honeymoon, and Democrats control the House, the Senate, and the presidency,” he said. “The Republicans are not going to fall on their sword for charity.”