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How TIFs Impact Racial and Economic Justice at the Local Level

NonProfit Quarterly

When it comes to racial and economic justice and government taxation, federal policy tends to get the most attention. However, state and local taxation are far more damaging. However, state and local taxation are far more damaging shifting the tax burden from the well-to-do to the least well off. Lets just call it what it is.

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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

What was Freelancers Union doing for the most precarious workers, beyond its main constituency of educated professionals? Our reigning frameworks for taxation and securities don’t enable the kinds of association required. Through the organization, freelancers like me could band together and buy insurance at a group rate.

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Why You Should Focus Your Fundraising Efforts on Generating Gifts of Wealth (from Assets) Not on Disposable Income (from Credit Cards, Checks, or Cash)

iMarketSmart

Of course, fundraisers should also educate themselves.)[19]. 5] This was done by acquiring ownership in a retail stamps company, Blue Chip Stamps, and using the float to purchase shares of other companies. Visual planned giving in color: An introduction to the law & taxation of charitable gift planning. 2017, July 17).

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

We have largely presumed that higher education is an inherent public good, most clearly marked by its tax-exempt status. Because higher education institutions provide the public good of education to surrounding communities, their property holdings are exempt from taxation in all 50 states.