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4 Jun 2025 Conversations with Tyler John Arnold on Trading, Energy, and Evidence-Based Philanthropy
“I think there’re real questions about how should endowments, including private foundations, which is this legacy of power because money was made in the past or money was contributed to an organization in the past, the tax code then gives favorable treatment to that.”
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- 4 Jun 2025
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…So, for capital gains. Exactly, I think is the original sin of the tax code. I think there’re real questions about how should endowments, including private foundations, which is this legacy of power because money was made in the past or money was contributed to an organization in the past, the tax code then gives favorable treatment to that. You have organizations that are well-resourced today because they were strong historically or were funded by somebody who was successful historically, but the tax code makes those organizations stronger for no good reason. I think there should be a public test that those organizations should be required to, if they could, to maintain their influence, to convince new resources to go to them rather than just get a tax benefit. The five-to-six [percent] spend-down requirement for foundations — is that the right number? Should it be higher?…
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