The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: While living in Chicago, directed the Developing Communities Project, a nonprofit organization that works with churches to aid low-income neighborhoods. Headed Illinois Project Vote, which helped register black and low-income voters in Cook county. Served as a board member of the Joyce Foundation and of the Woods Fund of Chicago and board chair for the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a project to improve public schools.
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At a time where we are all so tense about the election, it is easy to see each candidate in very different and very extreme lights. It is nice to see this sort of thing, the money they have given to charity and nonprofit issues, and remind ourselves that with all the good and bad that they can do, they have done a great deal of good with their donations. Whether the intention was sincere or just to look better in the public eye, it is great to see these organizations benefit from these donations.
I'm glad this article went and researched the candidate's positions on nonprofits. It is not an issue that usually comes up in elections, but seeing the differences in proposals makes me realize how different they are. The most striking point that it makes to me is the effect that the tax proposals each candidate has would make on charitable giving. It seems that the President's plan would decrease charitable giving by capping tax incentives for it (although that would likely also mean an increase in support of nonprofits by the government), while Governor Romney's plan would provide even more incentives for individuals to give to non-profits (while also decreasing government support). Pick your poison?
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