Charitable giving, nonprofit tax rules, and what donors and organizations need to know to give (and receive) the right way.
It’s the twelfth (and last) day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2019. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting the results here. Today’s charity is Legal Aid of North Carolina. Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) provides free legal help to low-income North Carolinians in civil cases involving basic…
Taxpayer asks: Hi! Thank you for your time. My husband and I are volunteering at a charity event for a few days, and we have to have a babysitter. She’s babysitting at no cost to us (she’s family), but can she deduct any of her babysitting expenses? Would it be charitable giving on her part?…
It’s the eleventh day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2019. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting the results here. Today’s charity is Hands Up for Haiti. Hands Up For Haiti (HUFH) began in 2010 when a small team of doctors, nurses and other health professionals led by…
It’s the tenth day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2019. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting the results here. Today’s charity is The Sunday Love Project. The Mission of The Sunday Love Project is to share food amongst the homeless, while simultaneously building community….
It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! Charitable deductions have been limited to taxpayers who itemize their deductions rather than claim the standard deduction. With the doubling of the standard deduction under the Taxpayers Cuts and Jobs Act, fewer taxpayers itemize their deduction. That means that fewer taxpayers have a tax incentive to make a charitable…
It’s the ninth day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2019. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting the results here. Today’s charity is 13thirty. 13thirty Cancer Connect, Inc. was established in 2001 following the death of Melissa Sengbusch who was 19 years old when she died of…
It’s the eighth day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2019. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting the results here. Today’s charity is The Garden Conservancy. The Garden Conservancy was founded in 1989 by renowned plantsman Frank Cabot. Since then, the Garden Conservancy has helped more…
There are big changes in store for tax-exempt organizations. Earlier this year, the Taxpayer First Act was passed. Provisions in the new law, which take effect for tax years beginning after July 1, 2019, require tax-exempt organizations to electronically file information returns and related forms. Taxpayers who previously filed on paper should receive notice from…
It’s the seventh day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2019. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting the results here. Today’s charity is National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). Every year, ten million people are physically abused by an intimate partner: that works out to…
It’s the sixth day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2019. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting the results here. Today’s charity is Literacy For Incarcerated Teens. Literacy for Incarcerated Teens, Inc. (LIT) works to end illiteracy among New York’s incarcerated young people by inspiring them…