Nonprofit Groups Seek to Put a Face on the Toll of Possible Spending Cuts
Some charities are promoting stories of how their clients are helped by aid that’s now at risk in the fiscal-cliff debate, while others are showing lawmakers the money nonprofits save society.
By Doug Donovan
Contributor
Charities Step Up Advocacy as Congress Nears Fiscal Cliff
Some nonprofit advocates worry that the scramble to protect the charitable deduction is overshadowing efforts to save much larger sums that charities get in direct federal support.
By Doug Donovan
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Nonprofits Step Up Pressure to Keep Charitable Deduction Intact
Charity leaders say they are especially worried about proposals to place a cap on write-offs, which they say would essentially eliminate tax breaks for gifts.
By Doug Donovan
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Charity Lowers Revenue Figure by $135-Million
World Help, a charity that said it had raised $239-million last year, now says the amount was much lower, in part because of problems in the way it valued noncash gifts.
By Doug Donovan
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Second Social Innovation Fund Director Resigns
After less than two months on the job, Idara Nickelson is leaving to work for an international nonprofit.
By Doug Donovan
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Charitable-Deduction Limit Would Hurt Poor, Say Nonprofit Leaders
As Congress meets Tuesday to discuss spending issues, nonprofits are organizing lobbying campaigns to show how cutting giving incentives could hurt the people they serve.
By Doug Donovan
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Rocky Markets Rattle Nonprofit Endowment Returns
This year is poised to be the second in a row with lackluster investment results, a new Chronicle study finds, putting many nonprofits in a rough spot.
By Doug Donovan
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Nonprofit Endowment Returns Still Sluggish in 2012, Survey Finds
Endowments are on pace for a second year in a row of lackluster earnings, according to a Chronicle study of 268 charities and foundations.
By Doug Donovan
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Nonprofit Leaders Urge Obama and Romney to Protect Tax Break
A coalition of charities is also planning a post-election Washington lobbying day in December.
By Doug Donovan
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Continued Federal Support for Social Innovation Fund Looks Shaky
Created to help nonprofits spread new and proven approaches to solving problems, the fund hasn’t yet had the influence it had hoped in changing how philanthropy or federal agencies work.
By Doug Donovan
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