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New Tax Law: Understanding the Impacts on Charities and Giving

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Kristin Harvey ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management student. The tax law and jobs act (TCJA) presents many changes for nonprofits to consider in 2018. The following changes to the law are some of the most critical when considering the effect they may have on charitable giving to nonprofits. Key changes.

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Free Legal Services for Charities Anyone?

Tech Soup

I have no idea how it got started, but one of the most available and effective forms of corporate social responsibility are pro bono legal services for charities. If your charity needs legal services it’s actually reasonably easy to find free pro bono help. Many law firms do much more pro bono work than 50 hours.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Negotiate a Gift of Realty with Strings Attached

Bloomerang

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Would students potentially work and/or learn there, or would it be purely commercial and unrelated to your mission? Try to find someone familiar with property law, tax law, estates, and charitable gifts. . Have a question for our Fundraising Coach?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Negotiate a Gift of Reality with Strings Attached

Bloomerang

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Would students potentially work and/or learn there, or would it be purely commercial and unrelated to your mission? Try to find someone familiar with property law, tax law, estates, and charitable gifts. . Have a question for our Fundraising Coach?

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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Watchdog groups like Charity Navigator monitor the financial reports nonprofits publish and give organizations rankings based on criteria like the percentage of each dollar that goes into their mission (often called the efficiency rating), transparency of financial reporting, expenses, and more. self-balancing accounts?that?must

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Ethics and Responsibility in Technology-for-Good: A Human-Centered Approach

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

However, we have yet to come to grips with what is ethical and what the laws should be in relation to rapidly changing technologies. Treating them as customers, rather than objects of charity, promotes their sense of ownership and self-agency as they use the tools that we develop to achieve their own goals.

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Big Meeting on the Treaty this Week!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As the operators of Bookshare in the USA, which was made possible through a great exception in our copyright law here, we would love to make all of our books available to people with qualifying disabilities around the world. It’s why the great majority of accessibility work is done by volunteers, charities, and with government support.

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