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Leave it to a nonprofit accountant to write about tax-time instead of Christmas Cheer and Silver Bells! Seems like only yesterday I was writing about holiday fundraising appeals, but it turns out another year has flown by! Here's a re-cap on tax-exempt giving: The Nonprofit Eye on IRS Regs, Tis The Season to Be Giving sixtyPercent on the great Tax Advantages of Giving Gifts of Stock Beth Kanter's posts on Fundraising Widgets and on Donor Documentation and let's not forget the IRS's own roundup of Tax-Exempt Giving Technorati Tags: Charitable Giving , Donations , Nonprofit , Tax Exempt Donation

Just read Andrew Taylor's post An Unpleasant Argument . In his post he struggles with donor challenges about how to prioritize the recipients of charitable gifts: Why should people give to your organization rather than support the poor, the hungry, or the destitute? And why should your donors get a tax break on their gifts? It reminded me of something that happened during the Katrina disaster. Rescuers enforced triage rules and refused to allow people to bring their pets. Of all of the horrors that occurred during the bungled emergency response, this gave me the most pause. It was a double punch, first you've just lost your home and you've been sitting on a roof fearing for your life and then, forced to leave your family cat or dog to a certain death (drowning or starvation). I knew, with every shred of logic I have, that the triage strategy was correct. People first, pets second. And there were people everywhere, stranded and dying and desperate. There's no...

8 Days for Charitable Giving in 2006 by Pam Ashlund You know, I've never seen a holiday fundraising appeal which really focused on tax-time. Maybe smiling children are more appealing than a write-off to a giver...or maybe not! Here's a re-cap on tax-exempt giving: Beth's posts on Fundraising Widgets and on Donor Documentation Pam's post on IRS Regs, Tis The Season to Be Giving David's post on the great Tax Advantages of Giving Gifts of Stock The IRS's Roundup of Tax-Exempt Giving Technorati Tags: Charitable Giving , Donations , Nonprofit , Tax Exempt Donation