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Sunday, August 26, 2018
Legal Challenge Seeks to End Prison Gerrymandering in CT

HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut has repeatedly considered "anti-prison gerrymandering" legislation during the past decade – in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016 – but that legislation has failed to pass.  A 2013 report by the Prison Policy initiative and Common Cause found that almost half of the state’s prison population comes from the state’s five largest cities, but almost two-thirds of the state’s prison cells are located in just five small towns – Cheshire, East Lyme, Enfield, Somers, and Suffield.

Read @ CT by the Numbers >>
Thursday, August 23, 2018
IRS Blocks Connecticut Plan to Bypass SALT Tax Deduction Cap

WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday issued new rules aimed at preventing taxpayers in Connecticut and other high-income and high-cost states from avoiding a new cap on the deductibility of their state and local taxes. The Internal Revenue Service said in May it would move to thwart the workaround Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, California and a number of other states have taken to avoid the new cap on these popular deductions.

Read @ CT Mirror >>
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
CT Philanthropy Digest - August 2018

The AUGUST 2018 DIGEST includes feature headlines: New Dashboard Shows CT Foundation Data; Could Connecticut Be the 1st State to End Youth Homelessness?; Survey Reveals Hurricane Evacuees in Connecticut Need Access to Basic Necessities; Berkshire Taconic Launches ACloserLook.Net; Foundations Provide Capacity Building, Learning for Nonprofits; Investing in Equity in the Nonprofit Workforce; The Prosperity Foundation Kicks Off Inaugural #GIVEBLACKCT Day of Giving; AND regular topics -- POLICY UPDATE; PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; SCHOLARSHIP NEWS LINKS; GRANTS & RFPS; EVENTS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES; PEOPLE and JOBS IN PHILANTHROPY!

Monday, July 9, 2018
44 Towns Deny Property Tax Exemptions for Nonprofits

HARTFORD, CT — Every four years since 1965, nonprofits have been required to remind municipal tax assessors why they should be exempt from property taxes. But according to a member survey conducted by the Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance, municipalities have been denying those tax exemptions on an increasing basis. About two thirds of the 35 nonprofits responding to the survey said their properties - which had a history of being tax exempt and had no changes of use - were suddenly being denied tax exemptions in 44 towns.

Read @ CT News Junkie >>

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