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Is There An Inequality Tipping Point for Nonprofits?

Blue Avocado

For many years, there has been a notable decline in the number of Americans making charitable contributions. Seventy-five years ago, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, we were entering a period of growing affluence, conditions favorable to a sense of generosity toward the needs and rights of others.

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Commentary: The Stakes in Washington For Nonprofits In 2025

The NonProfit Times

In 2017, the last time Republicans took a whack at major tax reform, the GOP implemented a new tax on large university endowments to offset some of the costs associated with cutting taxes for individuals and businesses. Revenue from tariffs might only go so far.

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Tax Provision Would Give Trump Administration Unilateral Power to Strip Nonprofit Status

NonProfit Quarterly

[emphasis in original] Increases taxes on large private university endowments. The Administration has continued to target universities on ideological grounds, and the President has threatened to rescind nonprofit status for Harvard University and other institutes of higher education.

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Senators Push to Restore the Universal Charitable Deduction: 3 Things You Need to Know

NonProfit PRO

Last week, senators introduced legislation to make the universal charitable deduction effective for tax years 2023 and 2024. Now dubbed “Charitable Act,” the legislation, if passed, would give more Americans the ability to claim tax deductions for charitable contributions.

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Do lead naming gifts actually stimulate high-level philanthropy from other donors and is that what motivates HNWIs to make such charitable contributions? Charitable contributions driven by ethical egoism may provide the most benefit to the donor, however.

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3 Examples Of Successful Nonprofit Marketing Campaigns

Bloomerang

The success of this campaign highlights the importance of making charitable contributions convenient and emotionally resonant. Funding meetings were secured with the Medical Research Council and universities, and 172 articles were generated. ’s message.

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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities

The NonProfit Times

According to the researchers and report authors, “increasing rates of giving and volunteering can be a means of deepening social connectedness – binding individuals together in common purpose.