Real Estate Philantropy and Other Services for Nonprofits and Private Property Owners
By Dennis Bidwell November 2017 I believe that increases in real estate gift activity can be explained by several factors. I think more non-profits have opened their doors to real estate gifts, in many cases actively marketing their interest in real estate gifts, because long-standing resistance to real estate gifts has been fading away. Why … Read more…
By Dennis Bidwell May 2017 Sometimes I’ll read an article on real estate gifts that suggests only one workable gift structure involving real estate – a charitable remainder trust, or perhaps making the gift by bequest, or maybe a bargain sale. I also see from time to time conference presentations that emphasize just one gift … Read more…
By Dennis Bidwell February 2016 As I work with non-profits around the country, helping them attract and structure charitable gifts of real estate, I am finding more and more of them choosing to engage their board of directors in the real estate gift process. Here’s why. First, a very large majority of real estate donors … Read more…
By Dennis Bidwell December, 2015 In my experience there is often someone or some office in a non-profit organization—perhaps the CFO, maybe the general counsel’s office—that is exceedingly cautious about accepting real estate gifts. Often this is due to a bad experience from 20 years ago, such as the now legendary story of the gift of the former … Read more…
By Dennis Bidwell June 2015 I have recently been asked by several clients to help them conduct an “audit” of their institution’s readiness to actively pursue real estate gifts. At the end of this audit exercise, sometimes the conclusion is: “We’re just not ready to tackle real estate gifts. We’ll come back to it in … Read more…
By Dennis Bidwell April, 2014 In my experience there is often someone or some office in a non-profit organization—perhaps the CFO, maybe the general counsel’s office—that is exceedingly cautious about accepting real estate gifts. Often this is due to a bad experience from 20 years ago, such as the now legendary story of the gift … Read more…