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Friday, July 23, 2004
Charity Village� NewsWeek
Charity Village notes that AFP has released it's final report on the State of Fundraising.
Charity Village notes that AFP has released it's final report on the State of Fundraising.
Charity Village� NewsWeek: Cover Story: "Three centres - one goal: Strengthening volunteerism in Canada"
press-citizen.com | newsVolunteering is catching on across the nation's college campuses. And the University of Iowa is hoping to join the trend.
Nonprofits hold firmWhile Maryland's economy, like the nation's, is just beginning to recover from the economic slowdown, its nonprofit sector has not only weathered the storm, but grown robustly.
WorldNetDaily: Political snitches monitor sermonsGroups threaten churches with loss
of tax-exempt status over activism
of tax-exempt status over activism
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Finance
Papers For Charitable Roundtable Including Paulette's written comments and statement for the record.
Papers For Charitable Roundtable Including Paulette's written comments and statement for the record.
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
deathandtaxes.com Insurance Analysis: "Senate Finance Committee - Charity Oversight & Reform: Keeping Bad Things From Happening to Good Charities"
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
FT.com / World / UK: "Philanthropy in the UK at one point was sneered at, it was the government which should be doing everything. But philanthropy is becoming more and more important here,' she said."
Monday, July 19, 2004
HoustonChronicle.com - Will: Congress may muck up revenue stream for nonprofits
Charitable institutions nationwide raise millions of dollars by having donated vehicles auctioned. In 2000, 733,000 taxpayers reduced their liability by about $654 million. Congress is dismayed, too much so, at the disparity between the valuation placed on a car by a donator (say, $5,000 — the threshold above which an independent appraisal already is required) and the amount a charity may reap from auctioning it (say, $500).
Charitable institutions nationwide raise millions of dollars by having donated vehicles auctioned. In 2000, 733,000 taxpayers reduced their liability by about $654 million. Congress is dismayed, too much so, at the disparity between the valuation placed on a car by a donator (say, $5,000 — the threshold above which an independent appraisal already is required) and the amount a charity may reap from auctioning it (say, $500).
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