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Cromwell in Center of Fight Over Nonprofits’ Tax-exempt Status
HARTFORD, CT -- “There have been an increasing number of towns that have been incorrectly assessing property taxes on community nonprofits that are by law property tax exempt,” said Gian-Carl Casa, president and CEO of the Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance, which represents hundreds of nonprofits statewide. “It’s a cynical play, and it’s one that violates something that for hundreds of years has been the case in Connecticut.”
CCP Public Policy Update: Census Workshops for Nonprofits
CCP Public Policy Update: New Tax Changes
Nonprofit Organizations Are Focus of January Workshops on 2020 Census
HARTFORD, CT -- As 2020 begins, the fast approaching decennial 2020 United States Census looms large. To increase awareness and understanding of the importance of the Census to Connecticut, to explain precisely how it will work, and to seek the assistance of organizations in communities statewide, the Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance, Connecticut Council for Philanthropy and Connecticut Data Collaborative will be co-sponsoring a series of workshops for nonprofit organizations throughout January.
Tufts Health Plan Foundation Awards Nearly $1 Million to Nine Community Organizations
The State Might Not Provide a Grant to Community Nonprofits This Year. The Effects Would Be Painful.
Response to Financial Challenges: Funder - Nonprofit Survey Report
Three Bills to Make Child Care More Affordable, Accessible
HARTFORD, CT -- Senate bills 931, 933, and 934 seek to ensure that affordability and accessibility do not stand in the way of families looking to provide this basic resource for their children.
CCP Policy Update: Bills That Would Have Levied Taxes on Nonprofits with Endowments - May 15, 2019
CCP Public Hearing Testimony Against "An Act Concerning Deposits in Lieu of Taxes"
CCP Policy ALERT: New Bill Would Levy Fees on Nonprofits with Endowments
Some Local Nonprofits Are Seeing Fewer Donations in Wake of Federal Tax Law Changes
CCP Policy Update (3/1/19)
Give Everyone the Same Tax Incentive to Donate — Not Just the Rich
The Problem With Charitable Giving
NEW YORK, NY -- Starting this fall, and well into the future, medical students at New York University will get free tuition. In a few years, shiny new facilities will welcome cancer patients in Atlanta and brain researchers at Stanford. The announcements about these developments credit generous philanthropists, but fail to mention who else is footing much of the bill: American taxpayers. Like most charitable giving, health care philanthropy is tax-deductible. When wealthy people give away millions of dollars, their tax bills go down. But that leaves the rest of us either to pick up the slack or go without the investments that our government could have made with those funds.
CCP Policy Update (10/2/2018)
Legal Challenge Seeks to End Prison Gerrymandering in CT
2018 Legislative Session Update - OEC
The Connecticut State Office of Early Childhood (OEC) has provided a 2018 Legislative Session Update on how the OEC fared in the state budget, as well as important bills that were passed, including two agency bills.
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.