Charitable tax incentives enable the super-wealthy to redirect billions in tax dollars away from government programs toward their private philanthropic foundations and the causes they choose to support.
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The growth of private foundations in Canada has occurred at the expense of government tax revenue. Philanthropic donations are dollars that have been redirected away from universal social services.
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Charities played a vital role in the reconstruction of post-war Britain. But they had a very different relationship with the government.
Volunteers distributing drive-thru iftar meals outside an Islamic center in Falls Church, Virginia.
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Social distancing has made giving to the poor – an obligation under Islam – harder this Ramadan. Meanwhile Muslim nonprofits are feeling the strain of the economic downturn.
Volunteer Jonathan Lockhart after handing food to homeless and vulnerable people in Glasgow.
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People can work together without talking about fighting an enemy.
Charity shops are an important source of income – but they’ve had to close their doors.
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With events cancelled, charity shops closed and finances stalling, charities in the UK are being hit hard by the coronavirus crisis.
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We’ve set up a single point of contact for foreign disasters, we could do if for Australian disasters as well.
Statue of a child placed by Save the Children next to the UK Parliament to protest the war in Yemen. But the charity has problems closer to home.
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The scandals that engulfed Save the Children UK and Oxfam in 2018 took a combination of tenacious journalism and social media activism to break open.
Allegations of sexual abuse can taint an aid group’s image.
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Save the Children’s reputation appeared to bounce back faster than Oxfam’s after public perception of both groups soured around the same time.
Charities that engage in advocacy on policy issues can be silenced by administrative burdens.
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Proposed laws in Queensland would stymie the work of charities. But if they’re tested in court, they’d probably be constitutionally invalid.
A flare stack lights the sky from the Imperial Oil refinery in Edmonton on Dec. 28, 2018.
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Environmental charities are worried about speaking out about climate change during the upcoming federal campaign for fear Elections Canada will consider their activities as “partisan.”
The Australian Christian Lobby’s online fundraiser for Israel Folau has earned more than A$1.8m this week – and counting.
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Questions are being raised about the charitable nature of the ACL’s fundraising campaign for the rugby star.
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Charity law is quite strict when it comes to giving back donations that have already been made.
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From bake sales to office Olympics, fundraising for Red Nose Day can boost staff morale and lets employees support a good cause.
It’s time to seriously rethink giving tax breaks for charitable donations, since ultimately taxpayers foot the bill for the deductions anyway.
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Several countries — namely Austria, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland — have removed tax benefits for charitable donations. Here’s why Canada should follow suit.
It is hard for donors to nonprofit organisations to know how much of their money goes to the cause they want to support.
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Research shows just 16% of nonprofit organisations disclose their finances. The sector needs more accountability, not less.
Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club.
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Donations from the Donald J. Trump Foundation to Charities Hosting Events at Mar-a-Lago violate the spirit but not the letter of federal tax law.
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Why isn’t the third sector telling us more about whether what it does, works?
The way charities use and hold data on behalf of their clients and donors creates problems under GDPR.
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Small charities aren’t like small companies, and the way they operate may pose greater risks under GDPR than for others.
The Transforming Rehabilitation strategy was meant to have charities at the centre of it. But they’ve been pushed to the margins.
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New research shows how the charity sector has been sidelined in the Transforming Rehabilitation programme.
Charitable gifts may do double duty when politics is in the picture.
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Big business influences politicians in many ways. One little-recognized channel is the money companies and their foundations give the nonprofits politicians like.