The Internal Revenue Service allows farmers to give commodities instead of money in the hopes that it will increase charitable giving by farmers.
Foundation executives say that the grain gifts can be a point of entry and might prompt farmers to give large portions of their entire estates in the future.
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Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however, Â cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.