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Charitable Donations and Your Taxes: Seven Reasons Cash Is King
7:00AM 12/15/2010
We're only two weeks into December and I've already been approached by more than a dozen charities asking for donations. In a tough economy, those organizations have gotten pretty creative. I'm rarely asked to make a gift of straight cash -- or cash equivalent, such as checks or credit cards....
The New York State Attorney General's office shut down a well-known organization that worked the streets of New York City asking for money to help the homeless, saying the group takes advantage of good-willed passersby and misuses donations.
Anyone living in New York more than a month likely has...
My five-year-old has big aspirations for her summer vacation: she wants to go to the Gulf and clean pelicans. She's not alone. The bleak pictures on the news have inspired many people to consider ways to make a difference beyond simply making a donation. Some will stay home, but some will travel to...
Car donation charities under investigation
2:00PM 6/17/2010
Car donation charities, which often bombard the airwaves with solicitations for vehicles, are among the targets of a wide-ranging investigation into whether donors are getting taken for a ride.
New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo launched an industrywide investigation into car donation...
Last day to claim special tax relief for donations to Haiti
6:00PM 2/28/2010
If you want to take advantage of the opportunity to claim Haiti relief donations on your 2009 return, time is running out to make a donation. Qualifying contributions must be made after January 22, 2010, and before March 1, 2010 -- that makes today your last chance. You have until midnight to make...
Metallica frontman James Hetfield feels charitable
3:15PM 12/17/2009
Metallica singer and guitarist James Hetfield may well be feeling charitable around the holidays. The Marin County Board of Supervisors just voted unanimously to accept Hetfield's donation of 330 acres overlooking California's Lucas Valley. The land is to be preserved as farmland.
Hetfield has...
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