Charitable Contribution Deduction for Nonitemizers

President Bush's nonitemizer proposal in 2001

• PowerPoint presentation on Bush Administration's charitable tax proposals (PowerPoint required to view)
• Projected Increase in Giving, Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PDF)
  State-by-State Comparison of Increased Giving | Press Release: New Study Shows President's Proposed Plan Would Stimulate $14 Billion in New Giving
• More than 575 organizations nationwide signed a letter to President Bush in support of a charitable deduction for nonitemizers...Spring 2001
• Ken Gladish, National Executive Director of YMCA of the USA, testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on tax incentives to encourage charitable giving...3/20/01 Press Release | Read the testimony
• Statement to the House Ways and Means Committee by Sara E. Meléndez and Peter B. Goldberg...2/27/01
• Statement by Sara E. Meléndez, president and CEO of INDEPENDENT SECTOR, on President Bush's Tax Proposals Affecting Charitable Giving...2/8/01
• Sara E. Meléndez, president and CEO of INDEPENDENT SECTOR, testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on the importance of extending the charitable contributions deduction to nonitemizers and implementing an IRA charitable rollover provision...6/14/0 Media Advisory | Read the testimony (PDF)