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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. The war effort was thereby funded by wealthy families. think tank.

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Goal Setting for Your Nonprofit

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Perhaps politics has played a role and you need to develop a plan that doesn’t involve government funding. Jarrett started The Rayvan Group in 2009 and brings more than 15 years’ experience with international, national and local organizations, including Girls Golf of Phoenix, Habitat for Humanity, the Paraiso Project and St.

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How Can Nonprofits Address the Challenges and Opportunities of Disrupting Technologies?

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Uber is not the only company debuting this newest innovation- Waymo, a Google subsidiary, and General Motors are both testing their own self-driving cars in the Phoenix area. For example, universal basic income or a tax on robots have both been proposed by various CEOs of technology firms. Retrieved from: [link]. The Business Insider.

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Rethinking Revenue Diversity

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Nonprofit organizations should not swing the pendulum back to the 1980s and subsist on government contracts or one funder’s good graces, nor should they swing to the 1990s and 2000s and disregard their mission to build fiscal stability. He works as an administrator for the Phoenix Elementary School District.

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What are the nonprofit management implications of Pay for Success programs?

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The blurring lines between government, nonprofit and for-profit sectors have led to innovative vehicles to fund interventions that address society’s most intractable problems. They are an evolution of the traditional contract partnerships between nonprofits and government. As Clara Miller (2015), president of the H. and Lombard, A.

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Priceless Board Members

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He mentioned business CEOs, lawyers, university presidents, HR professionals, marketing gurus, etc. Jessie grew up in Chicago before moving to Tucson to become a University of Arizona Wildcat for life, landed in Phoenix to start her professional career and is now enjoying life in sunny San Diego.

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Telling the story in a new way: Should arts leaders use impact evaluation?

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Under his leadership, iTheatre has performed across the country, as well as across the Phoenix area. Mr. Haines received his BA from Duke University (’91) and his Master’s in Nonprofit Leadership & Management from Arizona State University (’16).