Bushes, Cheneys Release Giving Information
President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush donated $69,925 to charities, 9 percent of their net taxable income of $771,940 in 2002.
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Survey of Human-Services Workers Predicts a Labor Exodus
Human-services charities could soon face a serious shortage of workers, predicts a new report by a Washington think tank. The report says human-services workers are asked to do too much for too little. The survey, by the Brookings Institution, was based on interviews with 1,213 private, nonprofit,…
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Donors Overestimate Benefits of Auto Gifts
Charities receive less money from the donation of cars than the donors expect, congressional investigators told lawmakers this month. When donors give their cars to charity, they assume that the charity will receive the fair market value of the vehicles. However, that’s often not the case, the…
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Senate Passes Charity Tax Breaks
By a vote of 95 to 5, the Senate has passed legislation that has the potential to significantly affect the way charities attract donations and lobby Congress. The legislation is a package of tax proposals that were first advanced in the Charity Aid, Recovery, and Empowerment (Care) Act of 2003. The…
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Worker Shortage Expected at Social-Services Charities
Human-services charities could soon face a serious shortage of workers, predicts a new report by a Washington think tank. The report says human-services workers are asked to do too much for too little. The survey, by the Brookings Institution, was based on interviews with 1,213 private, nonprofit,…
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Most Big Gifts Benefit a Handful of Large Charities, Study Finds
Big gifts from wealthy donors and foundations are made primarily to a small group of very large charities, ALSO SEE:Big Gifts: Share of Money That Goes to Charities, by Cause with the result that many causes -- and almost all small and regional groups -- are cut off from a substantial source of…
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Tax-Exempt Organizations Registered With the IRS
More than 900,000 charities and private foundations were registered with the Internal Revenue Service as of September 30, 2002, according to figures just released by the tax agency. That is a 76-percent increase in the number of charities in a decade. In 1992, 516,554 charitable organizations were…
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Auction Site Expands Charity Fund Raising
EBay, the popular online marketplace, where people can buy or sell anything from a George Foreman grill to the new Hummer H2, will soon provide buyers and sellers with a new way to donate to charitable causes. The San Jose, Calif., company has signed an agreement with MissionFish, an online charity…
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New Service to Screen Charities for Grant Makers
GuideStar, the online database of charity financial information, is collaborating with two organizations to develop a new subscription service designed to help foundations and corporate grant makers avoid supporting charities that are charged with illegal activity or linked to known terrorists or…
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Organization Offers Free Tax-Form Software
Charities can now take advantage of free software, available online, to help them file federal and state informational tax returns. The software, offered by the Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistics, includes the 2002 edition of Forms 990 and 990-EZ, the federal informational…
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