Philanthropy

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AFP eWire November 12, 2007	Most Americans Not Aware of Advantages of Giving Securities A new report shows that American donors could realize $4.5 billion in additional tax savings if they gave appreciated securities instead of cash, but most are not aware of the tax advantages.
AFP eWire November 12, 2007	Giving Environment Strong, Steady While Online Success Grows The giving environment remains very positive, with significant growth in online fundraising, as charities enter the critical end-of-year giving season. Here are some stats.
AFP eWire November 12, 2007	IRA Rollover Extension Approved by the House The House of Representatives has passed legislation, the Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 (H.R. 3996), that includes a one-year extension of the Individual Retirement Account rollover provision and several other charitable giving incentives.
AFP eWire November 5, 2007	Senate Considering Nonprofit Hospital Reforms Republican staff for the Senate Finance Committee has developed a series of proposed reforms related to governance, meeting community needs and levels of charitable care.
AFP eWire November 5, 2007	Financial Advisers Need More Philanthropic Training Many financial advisers admit they are not comfortable with their knowledge of charitable giving, according to new research.
AFP eWire November 5, 2007	Corporate Giving Increases Financial Value, Strength Companies that are heavily involved in and supportive of philanthropy perform financially as well as or better than other firms that don't, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal.
AFP eWire November 5, 2007	Donors Decrease but Giving Increases in Canada Canadian giving reached an all-time high in 2006, growing by 8.3% to $8.5 billion, even as the number of donors shrunk by 1.4% to 5.8 million, according to new research.
AFP eWire October 29, 2007	Charity Leaders Discuss Media Coverage: Is Public Confidence Being Eroded? More than 200 charity leaders gathered recently in Toronto to discuss the state of media reporting on accountability, transparency and regulation of the charitable sector.
AFP eWire October 29, 2007	Older Volunteers Now Looking for Payments Retirees and older volunteers are now looking to be paid, even just a small sum, for their charitable work.
CFO November 1, 2007 Tom Leander	View from Asia: Turning the Poor into Consumers Charity begins at home for Indian companies that want to expand the domestic market.
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