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Struggling to meet budget goals, many state and local governments are starting to challenge the tax-exempt status of charities, asking them to pay their "fair share" for services rendered. Schools, hospitals, charities and churches across the country are being asked for everything from a "donation" to "streetlight fees." Could this be a slippery slope?Click to read articleRelated: Family Partnerships May Bear Brunt of Revenue Act
Have you heard of L3Cs? They're a hybrid structure that links business methods with charitable purposes. While they do turn a profit, their primary aim is to achieve socially beneficial purposes. Private foundations can make program-related investments in L3Cs that will count towards the five percent distribution of capital they are required to give away yearly. Learn more about L3Cs at the website below.Learn more about L3Cs hereRelated: New Business-Charity Hybrid Sought
Want giving to be easier? Ministry to be more effective? Rest easy - there are apps for that! The articles featured below will direct you to iPhone apps that can help ease and inform your giving, increase your personal productivity, streamline your travel plans, and never leave you without access to the Bible. Article: Making Smartphones Smart for MinistryArticle: iPhone Applications for CharityArticle: Three iPhone Apps Every Nonprofit Needs to Know AboutLearn about the "Givabit" appLearn about the "Touch to Give" app
In what has been termed "the biggest fundraising drive in history," Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates are asking the wealthiest 400 people in America to pledge at least 50%25 of their net worth to charity during their lifetimes or at death. If successful, the campaign could send an estimated $600 billion towards various philanthropic efforts.Click to read articleRelated Video: Gates, Buffett call on billionaires to give it all awayRelated Article: For the Gates-Buffett Challenge to Work, It Takes More Than Money
The face of evangelicalism in America is changing. In a recent interview, ABC World News sat down with young Christian leaders at a conference called "Q" to find out what's different from previous generations and what's top on this generation's agenda.Watch the interviewRelated: The End of Christian America, NewsweekRelated: Young Evangelicals, Progressives Have Connection PointsRelated: Generation NextRelated: Beyond the God Gap
The state of Florida recently passed a law limiting how much the government can do to regulate foundations and their diversity practices. The new law grants charitable donors the freedom to give to the charities they care about and in the manner that they think will be most effective. Many of its backers believe the law will spur charitable giving and protect foundations from undue outside influence.Click to read articleRelated: OpEd on the legislation by president of Philanthropy RoundtableRelated: Press release on the legislation from Alliance for Charitable ReformRelated: Florida Protects Philanthropic Freedom
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