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More Than 2 Dozen States, Cities Sue To Block Census Citizenship Question
Connecticut Factors In 'Trust' To Avoid Undercount In 2020 Census
Give Everyone the Same Tax Incentive to Donate — Not Just the Rich
WASHINGTON, DC -- The consumer orgies of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday have a rapidly growing nonprofit rival: Giving Tuesday, which celebrates its seventh year today. Begun by a coalition hoping to reinvigorate giving in the United States during the holiday season, Giving Tuesday has turned into a philanthropic juggernaut: Last year, the day moved at least $300 million to nonprofits by mobilizing hundreds of thousands of people, many of them infrequent donors, to give to charities of their choosing. Giving Tuesday champions the welcome spirit of ordinary donors and the amazing diversity of American charity. But when it comes to philanthropic giving in the United States, it proves the exception to a stubborn rule.
The Growth in Total Household Giving Is Camouflaging a Decline in Giving by Small and Medium Donors: What Can We Do about It?
BOSTON, MA -- Research on giving in the United States has now produced definitive empirical evidence to show a decline in the participation and amounts donated by “small” and “medium” (actually, median) donors and an increasing reliance on “large” donors. That lead sentence should make every reader stop and envision the future of philanthropy in our democracy. Nonprfit Quarterly's Patrick Rooney writes in support of a universal charitable deduction.
What price do Connecticut residents pay for state and local government?
CCP Policy Update (10/2/2018)
IRS Blocks Connecticut Plan to Bypass SALT Tax Deduction Cap
Legal Challenge Seeks to End Prison Gerrymandering in CT
2018 Legislative Session Update - OEC
Statement in Support of Children and Families Seeking Refuge in the United States
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy was one of more than 190 foundations and philanthropy serving organizations from across the country to have signed onto a joint Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) statement in support of children and families seeking refuge in the United States.
Letter on Census Citizenship Question
Connecticut Council of Philanthropy was one of 33 philanthropy serving organizations that signed onto a letter opposing the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Aurora Women and Girls Foundation at the Capitol
A New Year’s Resolution for Greater Advocacy and Civic Dialogue
CCP Policy Update - September 7, 2017
CCP Update - Disaster Relief - DACA - Johnson Amendment/Census Funding
Philanthropy’s Response to the Government Shutdown
CCP Johnson Amendment Letter to CT Congressmen
Public Policy Engagement Continuum
The Public Policy Engagement Continuum is a useful chart with accompanying definitions that shows a full range of possible advocacy activities for community foundations.
The Charitable Deduction in Connecticut
2017 marks the 100th year of the charitable deduction. The charitable deduction encourages charitable giving by individuals to the benefit of communities across the country. This resource give data for Connecticut.