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Give Everyone the Same Tax Incentive to Donate — Not Just the Rich
WASHINGTON, DC -- The consumer orgies of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday have a rapidly growing nonprofit rival: Giving Tuesday, which celebrates its seventh year today. Begun by a coalition hoping to reinvigorate giving in the United States during the holiday season, Giving Tuesday has turned into a philanthropic juggernaut: Last year, the day moved at least $300 million to nonprofits by mobilizing hundreds of thousands of people, many of them infrequent donors, to give to charities of their choosing. Giving Tuesday champions the welcome spirit of ordinary donors and the amazing diversity of American charity. But when it comes to philanthropic giving in the United States, it proves the exception to a stubborn rule.
The Problem With Charitable Giving
NEW YORK, NY -- Starting this fall, and well into the future, medical students at New York University will get free tuition. In a few years, shiny new facilities will welcome cancer patients in Atlanta and brain researchers at Stanford. The announcements about these developments credit generous philanthropists, but fail to mention who else is footing much of the bill: American taxpayers. Like most charitable giving, health care philanthropy is tax-deductible. When wealthy people give away millions of dollars, their tax bills go down. But that leaves the rest of us either to pick up the slack or go without the investments that our government could have made with those funds.
Draper Foundation Fund Provides Over $800,000 in Support of Area Nonprofits
The Farmington Bank Community Foundation to Continue as a Private Charitable Foundation
The Leever Foundation Welcomes Saran D. White as Executive Director
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Board Welcomes Two New Members
The NEA Foundation Names Sara Sneed New President and CEO
Grand Opening for the Bushnell Park Playground
Community Foundation of Greater New Britain Establishes James G. Williamson Education Assistance Fund in Memory of Former President
New Frontier: A <b>Funder</b> Invests to Connect Teachers to the Best Research on Brain Science and ...
Prioritize Children and Families; Defend the Office of Early Childhood
HARTFORD, CT -- In a letter to our new governor, Merrill Gay, Executive Director of the CT Early Childhood Alliance, urges support for Connecticut's children and families and support the Office of Early Childhood.
More Data, More Networking, More Equity
HARTFORD, CT -- In the November 2018 Giving Voice blog post, CCP President Karla Fortunato reports on CCP's survey of members and plans for 2019, CCP's 50th anniversary year.
Public Service Executive Leadership Collaborative Inaugural Workshops Announced
Hartford Foundation Awards $560,000 in Grants to Support Food Programs, Other Basic Services
Member eBrief - November 2018
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Opens Nonprofit Registration for Fairfield County’s Giving Day 2019 on November 1st
Valley Community Foundation Awards nearly $750,000 in Single- and Multi-Year Grants
Good News: "Long Island Sound Report Card" Released by Save the Sound Reveals Substantial Improvement
Comcast NBCUniversal Supports Hurricane Michael Relief Efforts in Florida
PANAMA CITY, FL -- In the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, which devastated parts of the Florida Panhandle and surrounding areas, Comcast NBCUniversal has committed to provide $700,000 to support relief efforts, including cash and in-kind contributions.