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Will Their Flag Decals Get Them Into Heaven? *

The Agitator

Under current law political donors to ‘independent’ political action committees can give unlimited amounts of campaign money, but they cannot take a charitable tax deduction. Even worse: donors to these churches and other groups would be allowed to take a tax deduction for their political contributions.

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The Taxman Cometh, Part 1: The Downside of the 2017 Tax Bill for Nonprofits

The Agitator

All without editorializing on the non-nonprofit aspects of this as much as possible. The new tax law increases the amount you can take as a standard deduction on your taxes. So I’ll try to lay out the gloom and doom case today, the silver lining case tomorrow, and an argument for a way forward two days hence. Wish me luck).

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5 Actionable Ways to Prevent Profit Leaks

NonProfit Hub

Nonprofits must employ the right people to decrease costs associated with turnover , such as rehiring and retraining. With an applicant tracking system in place, nonprofit managers can dramatically reduce recruitment spending. Nonprofits need to have a plan in place to plug pesky profit leaks.

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

Tax Credit Structure The term “tax credit” under the US taxation system is defined as direct forgiveness of tax owed by the taxpayer, which “reduces tax liability by an amount exactly equal to the credit” (Mikesell 2016). Social Finance for Nonprofits: Impact Investing, Social Impact Bonds, and Crowdfunding.” We flesh out each below.

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Why You Should Focus Your Fundraising Efforts on Generating Gifts of Wealth (from Assets) Not on Disposable Income (from Credit Cards, Checks, or Cash)

iMarketSmart

Journal of Intellectual Property Law, 13 , 179-204. Rutgers Journal of Law & Public Policy, 14, 169-195. [4] Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly , 43(6), 993-1013. [17] Nonprofit Management & Leadership. Estate Planning and Community Property Law Journal, 12 , 235-285. 17] James, R. Version 5.1.

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Finally, the questions you should ask that have been proven to lead to gifts from wealth

iMarketSmart

Visual planned giving: An introduction to the law and taxation of charitable gift planning. Nonprofit Management & Leadership. Complex plans allow a sale with no taxes where the donor keeps the right to payments from the asset. For details of all of the options listed here see James, R. 28 (4), 437-452.