Charitable-Giving Plan Divides Nonprofit Groups and Worries Donors

“You start worrying about where the slippery slope will end,” said Mr. Flessner “You have a philosophical issue about whether the government should play a bigger role and the private sector should be in a smaller role. There is a question of whether this is a direction in which we want to move.”

The Obama White House says limiting the charitable deduction would make the tax code more fair