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Worth a look: Charitable gifts of real estate
If your client base includes philanthropic individuals and families, you’re likely aware that gifts of real estate are an option to fund charitable giving. Real estate is the largest asset class in the world, yet various industry sources suggest that only 3% of charitable giving involves gifts of real estate. Still, it’s understandable that charitable real estate donations are often overlooked; the rules and process are complex. What’s more, many clients struggle emotionally when they start to think about parting with their real estate.
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Postmarks, rule changes, and remedies for clients’ 2025 charitable gifts
If you were surprised to read about the ripple effect of a seemingly small change in the U.S. Postal Service regulations late last year, you were not alone! Here’s what you need to know, including potential remedies for your clients whose 2025 charitable deductions may be impacted by the rule change.
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Sudden life changes: Charitable giving can help clients get through it
As an attorney, CPA, or financial advisor, you are no stranger to witnessing the ripple effects of life’s unexpected curveballs. If you represent a client over many years, you’re very likely at some point to help the client through a serious illness, a loved one’s death, business challenges, marital dissolution, strained relationships with children, or all of the above.
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How Innovation and Collaboration Can Empower Students in Walker County and Beyond
Hundreds of high school students in Walker County will soon have access to a state-of-the-art facility offering high-quality career and technical education, equipping them with credentials and skills aligned with Alabama’s workforce needs.
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Community on the Rise is shifting the narrative for women survivors of homelessness
As executive director of Community on the Rise, a nonprofit and social enterprise dedicated to empowering the unhoused in Birmingham, Ala., Avery Rhodes is all too familiar with the perceptions that some people have of women who are experiencing homelessness.
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Libby’s Friends Helps Alabamians with Disabilities Discover New Possibilities
Birmingham-area residents Lane and Kathryn Hagan know firsthand how expensive raising a child with special needs can be. At just 12 days old, while in the NICU, their daughter Libby was mistakenly given an overdose of insulin, causing a catastrophic brain injury that left her with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and other health issues.
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Q&A with 2026 Woven Together Keynote Speaker Neil Ghosh
On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham will welcome author, social impact strategist, and entrepreneur Neil Ghosh to the Magic City as the keynote speaker for our 2026 Woven Together Community Luncheon. This year’s theme: Do More Good.
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More than a Gym: How YMCA of Greater Birmingham is Transforming Communities
When you enter the Northeast Community YMCA in Roebuck you may be surprised by what you find.
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Community Foundation Welcomes New Board Members
The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham welcomes four new board members, Gail Bayer, Meredith Calhoun, Alesia M. Jones, and Chris Kramer, for terms beginning in 2026. The Community Foundation is Alabama’s oldest and largest community foundation.