Help Enact the Nonitemizer Charitable Deduction

The tax code is the most powerful tool available to the federal government for sending the message that we as Americans highly value and strongly support charitable giving. Today that message goes out only to the 30% of taxpayers who itemize their deductions. A nonitemizer deduction would send that message clearly and unambiguously to all Americans. Legislation to extend the charitable deduction to all Americans is currently in Congress, has the support of President Bush, and has been endorsed by more than 575 nonprofit organizations.

 

Help America Give—learn more about the coalition formed to urge Congress to extend the Charitable Contributions Deduction to all taxpayers. Press Release

What Is the Nonitemizer Charitable Deduction, and Why Is it Important?

• Q & A on the Nonitemizer Charitable Deduction
• Projected Increase in Giving, Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PDF--41KB) | State-by-State Comparison of Increased Giving | Press Release: New Study Shows President's Proposed Plan Would Stimulate $14 Billion in New Giving
• List of supporting organizations

Take Action Now!

• Write Your Member of Congress (using our online advocacy center at GiveVoice.org)

Update from Capitol Hill

• House Outlook
  H.R. 777 -- Charitable Giving Tax Relief Act (analysis, bill text, cosponsors)
  H.R. 824 -- Neighbor-to-Neighbor Act (analysis, bill text, cosponsors)
  H.R. 7 -- Community Solutions Act (analysis, bill text, cosponsors)
• Senate Outlook
  S. 592 -- Savings Opportunity and Charitable Giving Act (analysis, bill text, cosponsors)
• 106th Congress, 105th Congress

Resources

• Projected Increase in Giving (Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers [PDF--41KB])
• State-by-State Comparison of Increased Giving
• Tough Questions, Easy Answers on the Nonitemizer Charitable Deduction (PDF--161KB)
• Testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee of Dr. Kenneth Gladish, national executive director, YMCA of the USA, on behalf of INDEPENDENT SECTOR...3/21/01
• Statement to the House Ways and Means Committee by Sara E. Meléndez and Peter B. Goldberg...2/27/01
• Nonitemizer Charitable Deduction sign-on letter to President Bush
• What People Are Saying About the Charitable Contributions Deduction for All Taxpayers

IS News Releases and Policy Briefs

• INDEPENDENT SECTOR Policy Position Statement on the Charitable Deduction for Nonitemizers
• Guiding Principles for Public Policy on Charitable Giving (Report | Press Release...3/6/01)
• Press Release: Charitable Giving Tax Relief Act Introduced in 107th Congress...2/28/01
• Press Release: New Study Shows President's Proposed Plan Would Stimulate $14 Billion in New Giving...1/31/01
• Statement by Sara E. Meléndez, President and CEO of INDEPENDENT SECTOR, on President Bush's Tax Proposals Affecting Charitable Giving...2/8/01