Tag: charities
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Aid is Getting Smarter
Financial Times: How aid got smarter Academics, donors and some aid agencies have begun measuring what works. Development is becoming a science. … Aid has always been heart-led. Charities tried to move donors by showing pictures of starving children. Donors sent money. Whether the money helped, nobody quite knew. The only thing in aid that…
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U.S. charities fear proposed tax law change
Reuters: U.S. charities fear proposed tax law change (HT: Victor Claar) ATLANTA, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Proposed tax law changes in President Barack Obama's budget could hit charities hard even as demand for their services rises due to the worst recession in decades, U.S. charitable groups warned on Thursday. Under the plan announced in Obama's…