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Senators Push to Restore the Universal Charitable Deduction: 3 Things You Need to Know

NonProfit PRO

Last week, senators introduced legislation to make the universal charitable deduction effective for tax years 2023 and 2024. Now dubbed “Charitable Act,” the legislation, if passed, would give more Americans the ability to claim tax deductions for charitable contributions.

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Is There An Inequality Tipping Point for Nonprofits?

Blue Avocado

For many years, there has been a notable decline in the number of Americans making charitable contributions. Seventy-five years ago, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, we were entering a period of growing affluence, conditions favorable to a sense of generosity toward the needs and rights of others.

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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?

NonProfit Quarterly

We have watched the nonprofit sector, which ranges from large hospitals and universities to the small magazine that’s being folded in someone’s living room, being ever more caught up in the matrix of what we might call late-stage capitalism. Nonprofits are a feature of tax law and corporate governance laws.

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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities

The NonProfit Times

Gianoni sees individuals within the philanthropic sector, businesses and government officials as benefitting from reading the report. The report is targeted at a wide swath of America. “ Even our presidential race this year, nobody talks about it.” Even [within] our presidential race this year, nobody talks about it,” he said.

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When to Call It Quits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As the Nicaraguan government tightened its grip on authoritarian rule, it was threatened by civil society organizations who possess the power to hold them accountable, receiving funds they do not control and investing those funds in services that preserve human rights, protect democracy, and empower individuals.

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A Look Inside a Grantmaker's Decision Process

Lets Talk Nonprofit

The front page of the newsletter read: "2018 Charitable Contribution Selections." (How The article listed the organizations that were funded and included a link to the full list of applicants - including those that were not funded: "The Town received 29 Charitable Contribution applications totaling $341,904.".

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How To Use Numbers To Inspire More Giving (and How You Should NOT Use Them)

iMarketSmart

In fundraising, we enter an alternate universe where numbers don’t work the same way. Rebate versus matching: does how we subsidize charitable contributions matter? Subsidizing charitable giving with rebates or matching: Further laboratory evidence. Federal tax policy and charitable giving. The answer key!