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Policy Issue: Universal Charitable Deduction
Publication date:
10/2022
A key policy issue for the Forum is the Universal Charitable Deduction.
Federal Tax Policy
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Policy Issue: Enhance Charitable Giving - Legacy IRA Act
Publication date:
10/2022
A key policy issue for the Forum is the Legacy IRA Act.
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Forum Letter of Support to House for Legacy IRA
Publication date:
03/2022
United Philanthropy Forum sends letter to House Ways & Means and Education & Labor, supporting Secure 2.0 legislation, that includes a Legacy IRA provision.
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March 2022 Statement for the Record by Forum to Senate Finance
Publication date:
03/2022
Statement for the Record by United Philanthropy Forum, submitted to the United States Senate Committee on Finance on March 17, 2020, regarding the “Examining Charitable Giving and Trends in the Nonprofit Sector” hearing.
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National Philanthropic Orgs Letter - The ACE Act (2021)
Publication date:
06/2021
A letter from the Forum and national partners regarding the Accelerating Charitable Efforts (or ACE Act).
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Forum Comments to Federal Reserve System (Re: Nonprofit Loan Program)
Publication date:
07/2020
On June 22, 2020, the Forum submitted comments encouraging the Federal Reserve System to include a loan forgiveness provision and not to exclude nonprofits with less than 50 employees in the Main Street Lending Program to provide access to credit for nonprofit organizations (which are often led by and serve communities of color, communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic).
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IS Written Testimony - Joint Economic Committee - June 2020
Publication date:
06/2020
Independent Sector submitted written testimony to the Joint Economic Committee on June 9, 2020. The testimony was submitted for the hearing "Supporting Charitable Giving during the COVID-19 Crisis."
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CGC JEC Statement on Charitable Giving
Publication date:
06/2020
Charitable Giving Coalition submitted a letter to the Joint Economic Committee in regards to a June 9, 2020 hearing, "Supporting Charitable Giving During the COVID-19 Crisis."
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Charitable Giving Priorities for Future COVID-19 Relief Legislation Letter
Publication date:
04/2020
Charitable Giving Coalition letter to House Ways Means Chairman, Richard Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX), urging support for stronger charitable giving incentives in the next COVID-19 legislative package.
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COVID-19 DAF Letter to Congress
Publication date:
04/2020
Letter from a group of members of the Charitable Giving Coalition, including the Forum, asking Congress to include DAFs in relief legislation.