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12 Days of Charitable Giving: Critical Exposure

16 December 2010

The nominations are in for the 12 Days of Charitable Giving 2010. Our fourth of twelve charities to be featured this year is Critical Exposure which teaches youth to use the power of photography and their own voices to become effective advocates for school reform and social change. They provide at-risk youth with cameras, training, [...]

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12 Days of Charitable Giving: Misericordia

15 December 2010

The nominations are in for the 12 Days of Charitable Giving 2010. Our third of twelve charities to be featured this year is Misericordia, Heart of Mercy which offers a community of care that maximizes potential for persons with mild to profound developmental disabilities, many of whom are also physically challenged. Here’s what our nominee [...]

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12 Days of Charitable Giving: Wheeler Mission Ministries

14 December 2010

The nominations are in for the 12 Days of Charitable Giving 2010. Our second of twelve charities to be featured this year is Wheeler Mission Ministries, a non-denominational, Christian, social services organization, which provides critically needed goods and services to homeless, poor, and needy of central Indiana without regard to race, color, creed, national origin [...]

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12 Days of Charitable Giving: Hardy Girls, Healthy Women

13 December 2010

The nominations are in for the 12 Days of Charitable Giving 2010. Our first of twelve charities to be featured this year is Hardy Girls, Healthy Women, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the health and well being of girls and women. Here’s what our nominee had to say: While our attentions are often directed to [...]

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Charitable Giving Tips on Forbes

5 December 2010

This week kicks off the 2010 version of 12 Days of Charitable Giving, an annual feature on taxgirl.com. Keep checking back to see which charities my readers recommend you consider when making your donations this year. In the meantime, I’ve written a piece for Forbes with some charitable giving tips. You can read it here [...]

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12 Days of Charitable Giving 2010

22 November 2010

There are 39 days left until the end of the year. That means you have just a little over a month to whittle down your taxable income. Sure, you could buy your entire staff a set of taxgirl mugs for the holidays – or you could make a nice charitable donation. It’s the “feel good” [...]

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Charitable Donations for Haiti Tallied

12 July 2010

It has been a grim year for most charitable organizations over the past two years. Giving has been down markedly, with gifts in 2008 representing the largest dip in charitable giving (-5.7%) in more than five decades. That’s why the total amount of donations made to various relief agencies in Haiti is fairly mind-boggling. According [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Charitable Deductions and Documentation

22 June 2010

Taxpayer asks: What is it that you need to show you gave things to Goodwill or your school other than an statment from them to that effect? My lady said something I do not understand. Is there some special form they have to fill out or what? Thanks. Oh yea I saw you on AOL. [...]

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Tax Exempt Organizations Face Crucial Deadline

14 May 2010

Years ago, small tax exempt organizations had it easy. So long as they raised less than $25,000 in a calendar year, they general didn’t have to file an informational return with IRS. Easy. That all changed in 2006. The Pension Protection Act of 2006 made it mandatory for most tax-exempt organizations to file an annual [...]

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Think Pink This Mother’s Day

2 May 2010

If you were to make a list of things about me and things about my mom, you’d notice a lot of differences. She lives in the south and likes rodeos, westerns on AMC and Christmas sweaters. Me? I live up north and I like baseball games, quirky British comedies and I wear a lot of [...]

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