Senators to Propose Tax Breaks for Donations to Haiti Relief Efforts
New York’s two senators announced today they plan to introduce legislation to suspend some limits on charitable tax deductions for gifts to help victims of Haiti’s earthquake. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles E. Schumer, both Democrats, said the bill would waive rules that limit individuals…
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Senators to Propose Tax Breaks for Donations to Haiti Relief Efforts
New York’s two senators announced today they plan to introduce legislation to suspend some limits on charitable tax deductions for gifts to help victims of Haiti’s earthquake.
By Suzanne Perry
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White House Appoints Head of Social Innovation Office
Google.org executive named to head White House social-innovation office
By Suzanne Perry
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House Approves Expansion of National Service
The House of Representatives last week adopted a bill to expand the country’s national-service programs and create new funds to help charities duplicate innovative programs and recruit and manage volunteers. The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (GIVE) Act, passed by a vote of 321…
By Suzanne Perry
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Join the Debate Over President Obama’s Charitable-Deduction Proposal
Debating Obama’s defense of his charitable-giving plan
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Join the Debate Over President Obama’s Charitable-Deduction Proposal
Followers of The Chronicle‘s Twitter feed are weighing in on President Obama’s comments last night defending his proposal to limit tax breaks for charitable deductions as a way to raise money for a plan to revamp the health-care system. President Obama told a televised news conference that the…
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House Approves Expansion of National Service
House approves expansion of national service
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Senate Stimulus Plan Offers Less Generous Benefits to Arts and Social-Service Groups
Senate stimulus plan reduces money for arts and social-service groups
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A Project to Create More Hillary Clintons
Despite Sen. Hillary Clinton’s historic run for the presidency, women are greatly underrepresented in the U.S. political system – -a scenario the White House Project is attempting to change. Marie Wilson, the group’s president, told a session at a Council on Foundations conference about her group’s…
By Suzanne Perry
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A Project to Create More Hillary Clintons
Despite Sen. Hillary Clinton’s historic run for the presidency, women are greatly underrepresented in the U.S. political system – -a scenario the White House Project is attempting to change. Marie Wilson, the group’s president, told a conference session about her group’s efforts to train women…
By Suzanne Perry
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