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12 Days of Charitable Giving: Engender Health

17 December 2010

The nominations are in for the 12 Days of Charitable Giving 2010. Our fifth of twelve charities to be featured this year is Engender Health, a leading international reproductive health organization working to improve the quality of health care in the world’s poorest communities. Here’s what our nominee had to say: The first charity is [...]

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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: 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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Fix the Tax Code Friday: Nonprofit Organizations and Politicking

7 March 2008

It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! The IRS has become more aggressive during this election year about enforcing the prohibition against politicking by tax exempt organizations. To date, the IRS has made inquiries into charitable organizations who have supported or opposed candidates including Obama, Romney and Huckabee. Is this good policy – or is the [...]

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Fees, fees, fees!

7 September 2006

You can’t raise taxes in an election year.  That wouldn’t be wise. You can raise fees.  So, of course, IRS did. As of June 2006, the user fee for an organization with annual gross receipts which have exceeded or are anticipated to exceed $10,000 annually over a 4-year period will be $750.  For those organizations [...]

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Cost of Doing Business

15 May 2006

The IRS has announced increases in a number of user fees for tax-exempt organizations, effective July 1, 2006. Specifically of interest, the fee for an initial application for exemption (federal form 1023) for organizations with anticipated annual gross receipts of less than $10,000 will increase from $150 to $300.  The fee for organizations with anticipated [...]

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