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Let the Charitable Mud-Slinging Begin!

28 August 2010

It’s an important election year. I’m sure you’ve heard that about a million times. That, of course, leads to discussions about the importance of the political process, getting out the vote and – oh yeah – mudslinging. I’ve already seen ads on both sides that make me queasy. I’m not sure what either party hopes [...]

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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: Valuing Your Services for Charity

16 March 2010

Taxpayer asks: Hi, I read your blog entry that explains that service time donated to a charity is not deductible. What if there is an actual assignable value of the service time to the charity? For example, I am donating my services as an auction item for a charity auction; if somebody buys it for [...]

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Is Obama’s New Tax Plan A Bit Uncharitable?

2 March 2009

There’s a bag of used clothes on my porch that it is on its way to the Salvation Army (though not in this snow!). Like many Americans, my family makes an effort to give to a variety of charitable causes throughout the year. But why do we do it? I was raised to believe that [...]

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Online Charitable Fundraising and Activism

19 July 2008

I attended a great session at BlogHer today about online charitable fundraising and activism. Afterwards, one of the other attendees asked me why I was there. Hmm. Well, a lot of it was because I have interest on behalf of my nonprofit clients. Online charitable fundraising and activism is changing the face of the nonprofit [...]

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