NY Times Debate: Mark Zuckerberg's Use Of A LLC Rather Than A Foundation For His $45 Billion Charitable Giving

Following up on yesterday's post, The Tax (And Insider Trading) Benefits Of Mark Zuckerberg's Pledge To Donate 99% Of His Facebook Shares (Worth $45 Billion) To Charity:  New York Times Room for Debate, Welcome or Wariness for Zuckerberg’s Legacy Plan?:

Facebook's founder pledged 99 percent of his stock to a corporation for charitable giving. But he'd avoid taxes on it, and he'd call the shots.

• Joseph Bankman (Stanford), Charitable Deductions Generate Giving
• Jack A. Blum (Tax Justice Network USA), Zuckerberg Is Setting a Bad Precedent
• Catherine Bracy (Code for America Relax), Philanthropists Do Good Work
• Josh Hoxie (Institute for Policy Studies), Zuckerberg’s Philanthropy Isn’t a Substitute for Taxation

Additional press and blogosphere coverage:

• Bloomberg, For Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Charity Is in Eye of Beholder
• Cassady Brewer (Georgia State), Nonprofit and Charitable Uses of LLCs
• Chronicle of Philanthropy, A Roundup of Views on the Zuckerberg Pledge
• Huffington Post, How Zuckerberg's LLC Could Be More Effective Than Charity
• Huffington Post, Mark Zuckerberg May Finally Be Doing Philanthropy The Right Way
• NBC News, Mark Zuckerberg's 'Initiative' Adds New Wrinkle to Tech Philanthropy
• NBC News, Mark Zuckerberg's Unusual Method of Charitable Giving
• New York Times, How Mark Zuckerberg’s Altruism Helps Himself
• New York Times, Mark Zuckerberg Defends Structure of His Philanthropic Outfit
• New York Times, Mark Zuckerberg Explains His Use of Limited Liability Company
• New York Times, Mark Zuckerberg’s Philanthropy Uses L.L.C. for More Control
• New York Times, Laurene Powell Jobs and Anonymous Giving in Silicon Valley
• New Yorker, Mark Zuckerberg and the Rise of Philanthrocapitalism
• Silicon Valley Business Journal, A Deeper Look Into the Structure of Zuckerberg's History-Making Charitable Pledge
• Tax Justice Blog, Memo to Mark Zuckerberg: Charity Begins At Home
• USA Today, Mark Zuckerberg Takes Unconventional Approach to Philanthropy
• Vox, Why Mark Zuckerberg's Huge New Donation Is Going to an LLC Rather Than a Charity
• Wall Street Journal, Mark Zuckerberg Tests New Philanthropic Model: By Creating an LLC Rather Than a Foundation, Facebook Founder and His Wife Can Support Their Goals While Sidestepping Some Rules
• Wall Street Journal op-ed, Ending Philanthropy as We Know It: The Charitable Donation by the Facebook Founder and His Wife Is Radical—And Not Just Because of the Amount, by Leslie Lenkowsky (Indiana)