Charitable Giving Information

Charitable Trust Education

Question: Can all charitable trusts in the world come together and decide everyone on this earth gets 2 times food ?

Is this feasible ? I know many rich charitable trusts who have different focuses and agenda. Some have very expensive plans for education, New inventions etc. But can they not come together and contribute to a simple humanitarian cause to ensure that no human being on this earth remains hungry ? What are your views ?

Answer: God Questions.
Think the amount of wastage of food in marriages and parties and even at home and hotels. Start preaching people to save food. If the leftovers can be given to poor and hungry that would be great.

Let us all decided not leave anything in our plates.

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Tax Planning Definition

Question: How does Obama and McCain define “small business” ?

Obama says that 98% of small business’ make less than 250K, how can that be true if a plumbing business would make over 250K. I think his numbers are wrong. I still havent heard Mccain’s definition of a small business, but it looks like Obama’s tax plan would hurt small business’ more than MCaain’s. Any Thoughts????
I havent heard his definition, but he did say that he wouldnt raise taxes on people during this economic crisis, like obama would. that’s what I meant.

Answer: absolutely. I am a small bz owner and I have read his plan. I am terrified. The man doesn't know the first thing about business. He is going to extract as much as possible from the most productive and hand it to everyone else. That is great if you are incompetent.

Lady Love: Do you own a small business? Can you tell me how Obama's plan to increase taxes over 250K (not that much income when the government already takes 36% Fed, 7% State, and huge property taxes here in NY state). They already get HALF!!! I don't understand why the Left just wants to take as much as they possibly can and punish people who work ALL of the time. Do you know what Payroll taxes are and what they mean to the self employed? Any idea what Capital Gains taxes are? How about taxes on dividends (when we already are taking a huge hit). Please explain it to me.

an urgent messgae from RALPH NADER

Charitable Giving Percentages

Question: What percent of your income do you give to charities?

This is just a survey done out of curiosity. Please don’t tell me how much you “give” to the US government in taxes. I am simply looking for percentages for giving to charitable organizations – churches, homeless shelters, food banks, etc.
Thanks!

Answer:         Because I round up, I give just a bit over 20% off the gross of my regular income to my denomination (10% tithe, 5% to my local church, 2.5% to my local conference, and 2.5% to the world conference). Then, I have a side-line business which I perform from my website. The income from that I give 35% to an independent ministry (www.BibleExplorations.com) and another 35% to a local poor fund (called, April's Blessing) which is managed by my Sabbath School group.

God bless.

Planned giving options, including bequests, trust funds and foundations

Donations Pick Up Denver

For those struggling with the metaphorical question—which came first, the chicken or the egg?—the answer is nigh for some folks living in Boulder, CO: it’s neither the chicken nor the egg; it’s metal.

The Children, Youth, and Environments Center for Research and Design at the University of Colorado has collaborated with Boulder County Going Local and the Institute for Intentionally Sustainable Neighborhoods to launch Urban Hens in Boulder.

The Urban Hens project seeks to develop a sustainable model for establishing chickens in urban settings.  Backyard chickens can provide a healthy, local food source and bring a not-so-new dimension to homes, schools, and communities seeking sustainability. The goal of the three organizations is to strengthen and enhance communities through collaboration, education, and sustainable solutions.

The sustainable solution used to house the hens is a prefabricated arched structure made of corrugated metal, designed to offer people room to stand inside for easy access to the five-plus birds that are kept in the metal pole barn.

“My students decided to investigate prefabrication, and combined with our historic precedent research, we quickly discovered Quonset huts,” says Rob Pyatt, who teaches the university’s Environmental Design students about basic design, construction systems, and community engagement. “We also liked the material efficiency with using a relatively light-gauge steel combined with the structural stability of the geometry (arch).”

The first Urban Hens metal barn building, which was built in Pyatt’s backyard, took three weekends to construct. During this time, Pyatt walked his student crew step-by-step through the construction process. “That {time frame} is based on what we are teaching—slab, metal, framing, etc.,” says Pyatt. “It’s pretty simple and efficient! We worked with SteelMaster Buildings (based in Virginia Beach, VA) to create the buildings, which are elegant and have been well received.”

The metal barn is equipped with horizontal wooden slats which provide both shade and ventilation. Sand covers the floor for easy clean up, and the fully-enclosed structure is firmly bolted to a concrete slab so it will not tip over.

Outside of Pyatt’s backyard, Urban Hens recently installed its first two coops, one at Shawnee Gardens assisted-living center in Boulder and one at a North Boulder cooperative residential community. They have grant funding for three more coops, one of which is planned for Park Hill Elementary School in Denver. The student crew is scheduled to start the installation in mid-September at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art as part of a three-month exhibition. Once that has concluded, the coop will be relocated to the elementary school.

Urban Hens plans to design and sell chicken-coop kits across the country based on Pyatt and his students’ design, with proceeds allowing them to donate built coops to low-income neighborhoods and community organizations.

Andy Garcia in Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead

Value Donations Goodwill

Question: I heard that now you have to itemize your donated items to Goodwill to get tax credit. Is that true?

We used to just take a carload of stuff to Goodwill and just estimate the overall value but now I heard you have to itemize every single thing to qualify for tax credit. I’ve got a bunch of stuff and would like to know this answer before dropping it off at a donation center.

Answer: You don't really have to but it would be a good idea if you donate a lot. "a lot" would have to be checked with the IRS and your state.

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