Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
This article demonstrates how the income tax break for charitable contributions effectively creates an inequitable federal subsidy of some charitable organizations over others, and proposes policy changes that would address this situation.
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Failure of Philanthropy (362Kb)
2007, 29 pages. Grantcraft, 320 East 43rd Street, New York, NY, 10017, 212-573-4879, www.grantcraft.org
http://www.grantcraft.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=840
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http://www.artistcommunities.org/files/files/
MidwesternVoicesAndVisions.pdf
2009, 238 pages. Wiley, 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN, 46256, 877-762-2974, www.wiley.com
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2008, 77 pages. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, 6 West 48th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY, 10036, (212) 812-4335, www.rockpa.org
http://rockpa.org/pdfs/Philanthropy_in_a_Changing_Society_full.pdf
Read More...2008, 33 pages. CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, 731 Market Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA, 94103, (415) 541-9000, www.compasspoint.org
http://www.meyerfoundation.org/downloads/ready_to_lead/ReadytoLead2008.pdf
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