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Submitted By: Mike Selvon
The term philanthropy is more closely related to a concept than an actual verbatim definition. The term came to us courtesy of the Greeks and means "love for mankind." This concept is about voluntarily giving, either by a group or an individual that will help support and promote some type of a united common good. This may also include monetary grants and contributions given by foundations, individuals and often corporations, to not-for-profit organizations that work towards a common cause to imp ...
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Submitted By: Mike Selvon
A corporation that is formed to fill a particular need, such as educational, literary, scientific, religious or charitable is called a nonprofit organization. Normally, the state and federal governments do not tax those corporations on the income they receive that is in relation to their charity work and purpose because of the beneficial contributions made to society.
They are able to receive both private and public donations and grant money from companies and individuals. There are also som ...
In Category: Non Profit Organizations
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Submitted By: Mike Selvon
The foundation is a non profit company that helps to support charitable activities so that they can help those in need. A foundation is usually created with donations or endowments, which is money given by families, corporations or as part of private philanthropy. Normally, this type of foundation will run programs from the income that has been earned by investing endowments.
There are a few foundations that have a great deal of discretion when it comes to which of the charitable organization ...
In Category: Non Profit Organizations
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Submitted By: Roger Carr
You may have the perfect program to help your community, but you won't get anywhere if you can't secure funding to get it started. One way to secure funding is to get a non profit grant from individuals, private companies, or the government. And to get a non profit grant, you have to write up a grant proposal. Here are a couple of tips to help you do just that:
1. Do see the big picture; don't forget the small details
Your non profit grant proposal has to contain the solid information that ...
In Category: Non Profit Organizations
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Submitted By: Mike Selvon
At one time, if you were approached and asked for a donation to help a nonprofit charity, then you may very well have given it with no questions asked. Unfortunately today, there are some unscrupulous people who only pretend to be working with one; so unless you personally know the person and the charity then it is a good idea to check it out before giving. One way to find out is to go to the IRS website, locate the charities listing and see if that particular one is on their legitimate list.
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