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Happy Birthday! The Charitable Deduction Turns 100

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To provide some relief for these steep rates, the federal government provided ways for households to reduce their taxable income. The charitable deduction is a vital nexus between the general public, the nonprofit organizations they support, and government policy. Hager joined the faculty at ASU in 2008. Many happy returns!

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How a small nonprofit organization survived the Great Recession

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The year is 2008. Our nonprofit 50l(c)(3) child advocacy agency survived the Great Recession of 2008-2013. Defenders of Children headquartered in Phoenix has served statewide some 6,000 at-risk children and kinship during that time. Donnalee Sarda, LPC , Executive Director. Defenders of Children.

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How can nonprofit organizations improve accountability to the populations they serve?

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Under pressure from multiple stakeholders, nonprofits tend to prioritize accountability to donors, foundations and governments over accountability to clients and the populations served by the organization (Ebrahim, 2003). Nonprofit Management and Leadership , 26(3), 295-312. doi:10.1002/nml.21191.

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

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Therefore, other factors such as program performance, governance structure, staff professionalism, fundraising efficiency, and other practices should be considered as part of the bigger picture. Looking at overhead alone is a poor way to measure a nonprofit organization’s overall performance (Letter to the Donors of America, 2014).

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Really, Your Tax.

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Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The "Fall Festival" advertised on their homepage is for 2008, and the "events" link opens up to a May 2009 calendar. Long overdue, the IRS finally pulled the trigger.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead.

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A 2008 study shows that the nonprofit sector employs approximately 13 million people in the United States. [1] NMI students agree; however, they additionally rank high their interest in learning about strategic planning, board governance, grant writing, marketing, program evaluation, and social entrepreneurship. Pollak, T. Central Ave.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Really, How Many.

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The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. On one of the pages, amid all the charts on who volunteers and what they do, is a big banner depicting the following result: "33 percent of Arizona adults volunteered in 2008." One in three. But is it right? One in four.