It is an attractive proposition to say we would gain significant efficiencies if there were a limited number of major providers of government-funded human services.
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If we continue to base our views of the charity sector on incorrect assumptions and perceptions we run the risk of doing considerable damage to a national asset.
Should government perform any tasks listed in the Yellow Pages?
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In a world where educational opportunity is unjustly distributed, there are questions as to whether private schools should be exempt from paying income tax.
Only about one-third of all registered charities are eligible for tax-deductible donations.
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Does sport really improve young people’s development?
Lyndon Johnson, who was friends with evangelist Billy Graham, wasn’t targeting religious groups when he pushed his eponymous amendment in 1954.
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President Trump recently repeated his pledge to eliminate the 63-year-old law, which bans charities from engaging in political activities, at the National Prayer Breakfast.
A medium-sized Australian charity will share more of its donors with the Salvation Army or the Red Cross than with Parkinson’s Australia.
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Research suggests the answer, surprisingly, may be no, but behavioral science offers a few ways to encourage the wealthy to open their wallets a little wider.
Given Trump’s substantial conflicts of interest, the foundation’s admission of self-dealing should sound a warning to both the president-elect and voters as he takes the oath of office.
Last year 35 UK universities received donations of a million pounds or more.
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