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Independent Sector issues policy platform (updated 1/20/09)
The new Congress and administration should strengthen the social safety net, promote opportunities for individuals to give back, ease lobbying restrictions on charities, and ensure that foreign-aid programs respect workers’ civil rights, according to policy proposals issued last week by Independent Sector. The policy platform offers recommendations in six broad categories that include: ensuring adequate resources and responsible fiscal policies that support community programs; preserving and expanding policies that help Americans give back to their communities; ensuring that nonprofits have the capital to serve the needs of their communities; protecting the rights of citizens to speak out through nonprofits; ensuring that Americans are able to continue vital charitable work throughout the world without unduly jeopardizing their safety or their civil rights; and supporting funding and policies that provide for transparency and accountability to ensure integrity and public trust in our institutions. Independent Sector worked with an advisory committee and hundreds of charities and foundations to develop the proposals, IS president and CEO Diana Aviv said. Source: BNA Daily Tax Report http://www.independentsector.org/programs/gr/2009_Nonprofit_Platform.htm
Audio File of Council on Foundations Legislative Update
call now available. (updated December
12, 2005)
You may listen to the recording of the November 29, 2005,
Council on Foundations legislative update call here.
During this call the Council on Foundations legal staff provided
an analysis of several key legislative developments and trends.
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (September
14, 2005)
The Center has released an analysis of current welfare reform proposals
in our state. The report may be found at http://www.massbudget.org/ChooseorLose.pdf
U.S. Charities Develop Alternative to Treasury’s
Anti-Terrorism Guidelines (April
29, 2005)
A Council on Foundations-led working group of more than
40 U.S. charitable sector organizations recently finalized eight
fundamental “Principles of International Charity” as
an alternative to the U.S. Treasury Department’s “Anti-terrorist
Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best-Practices for U.S.-based Charities”
issued in 2002... More>
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