CHARITIES related term(s) Nonprofit Organizations

Amendments

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), H4014 [16JY], H4263 [19JY]

Articles and editorials

``And What Did You Do for Someone Today?'', S6598 [21JN]

Bush Freezes Assets of Biggest U.S. Muslim Charity, Calling It a Deadly Terror Group, E2395 [20DE]

Church-State Priority, E64 [30JA]

Corporations Setting Up Own Charitable Foundations, E1792 [3OC]

Day in the Life, H3460 [21JN]

Ex-Agency Head Sentenced in Theft From Jewish Center, H9052 [6DE]

From One Small Seed . . . . A Super Bowl Sunday Charity Started by Columbia Youth Quickly Went National, E1085 [13JN]

Front-Line Reports, H3458 [21JN]

God and George W. Bush Could Face a Fight, Even With Christians, If He Tries To Make Religion More Public, E378 [15MR]

Good Sarasotan, H3459 [21JN]

Gracious Giving—South Carolina Is High on the Generosity Index, E1084 [13JN]

Leading Young Leaders, H3459 [21JN]

Real Threat of the Faith-Based Initiative, E1089 [13JN]

Tragedy Can Be Opportunity for Con Artists, S10066 [2OC]

With a Hand on the Bible, E377 [15MR]

Bills and resolutions

Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act: clarify that reductions in compensation by amounts received from collateral sources that charitable contributions are not included in such sources (see H.R. 3376), H8731 [29NO]

Charity Accountability Board: establish (see H.R. 3192), H7591 [31OC]

Claims: allow victims of terrorist attacks to receive certain compensation regardless of any collateral source compensation they may be eligible to receive (see S. 1812), S13051 [12DE]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (see H.R. 7), H1343 [29MR] (see H.R. 1284), H1295 [28MR]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), consideration (see H. Res. 196), H4112 [17JY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: carry out as a voucher program that assists charities serving low-income individuals (see S. 1352), S8910 [3AU]

Corporations: encourage contributions to faith-based organizations (see H. Con. Res. 170), H3358 [20JN]

Crime: prevent fraud in the solicitation of charitable contributions (see S. 1484), S10058 [2OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: issue guidance to victims of disasters in their application to charitable organizations for relief (see H.R. 3420), H9076 [6DE]

Drugs: regulate receipt of donated prescription drug samples by charitable health care entities (see H.R. 2740), H5334 [2AU]

Food: permit States to use administrative funds to pay costs relating to the processing, transporting, and distributing of donated wild game to eligible food distribution agencies (see S. 1683), S11789 [14NO] (see H.R. 3466), H10054 [12DE] (see H.R. 3477), H10065 [13DE]

National Labor Relations Act: exempt retailers which permit charitable organizations access to its premises but denies access to labor unions to organize (see S. 929), S5438 [22MY]

National objectives: promote charitable giving (see H.R. 3599), H10965 [20DE]

National parks and recreation areas: remove exemption for nonprofit organizations from requirement to obtain commercial use authorizations (see H.R. 1461), H1485 (see H.R. 1461), H1495 [4AP]

Organ donors: tribute to Youth for Life—Remembering Walter Payton initiative for efforts to raise awareness about organ donation (see S. Con. Res. 63), S8465 [31JY] (see H. Con. Res. 207), H4949 [31JY]

Postal Service: treatment of cooperative mailings by nonprofit organizations (see S. 1562), S10794 [17OC] (see H.R. 1169), H1112 [22MR]

———waive postage for donations mailed to the White House for ``America's Fund for Afghan Children'' (see H.R. 3115), H6780 [12OC]

Taxation: adjust capital gains treatment of art and collectibles and provide a deduction for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 638), S3052 [28MR]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 694), S3436 [4AP] (see H.R. 1598), H1657 [26AP]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see S. 298), S1218 [8FE] (see S. 780), S3994 [26AP] (see H.R. 777), H505 [28FE] (see H.R. 824), H622 [1MR]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools (see S. 462), S1897 [6MR] (see H.R. 1029), H928 [14MR]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (see H.R. 370), H165 [31JA]

———encourage foundational and corporate charitable contributions (see S. 1300), S8575 [1AU]

———exempt deduction for charitable contributions from the phase-out of itemized deductions (see H.R. 776), H505 [28FE]

———provide a credit against income tax for certain charitable conservation contributions of land by small farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 110), H59 [6JA]

———provide a credit for charitable contributions to fight poverty (see H.R. 673), H396 [14FE]

———provide special rules for the charitable deduction for conservation contributions of land by eligible farmers and ranchers (see S. 701), S3530 [5AP] (see H.R. 2279), H3464 [21JN]

———treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness (see S. 779), S3994 [26AP]

———treatment of charitable contributions (see H.R. 494), H222 [7FE]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (see S. 393), S1616 [27FE] (see H.R. 744), H441 [27FE]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 37), S98 [22JA] (see S. 810), S4099 [1MY] (see H.R. 990), H875 [13MR] (see H.R. 1659), H1715 [1MY]

———treatment of charitable remainder pet trusts (see H.R. 1796), H2140 [10MY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see S. 205), S706 [30JA] (see S. 1375), S8911 [3AU] (see H.R. 774), H505 [28FE]

———treatment of nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 355), H164 [31JA]

———treatment of the sale of certain property used in the performance of an exempt function by tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 1359), H1408 [3AP]

Terrorism: distribution of donations collected to support relief efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 276), H8338 [16NO]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 259), H7718 [1NO]

Comments

Response to Democratic dissenting views on H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act, H4249-H4251 [19JY]

Factsheets

Helping Victims of the Terrorist Attacks—Your Guide To Giving Wisely: FTC, S10066 [2OC]

Letters

Artist-Museum Partnership Act: Ben Cameron, Theatre Communications Group, Inc., S3445 [4AP]

———Maxwell L. Anderson, Whitney Museum of American Art, S3444 [4AP]

———Millicent Hall Gaudieri, Association of Art Museum Directors, S3445 [4AP]

———Peter C. Marzio, Houston, TX, Museum of Fine Arts, S3445 [4AP]

Charitable solicitations at retail stores: Thomas D. Hyde, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., S11327 [1NO]

Community Solutions Act: Rosa Parks, Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, H4273 [19JY]

Crimes Against Charitable Americans Act: Paul B. Hay, American Red Cross, S10066 [2OC]

Feeding Needy Families Act: Ed Schaub, Kentucky Harvest (organization), S4119 [1MY]

———Howard Sparks, Salvation Army, S4119 [1MY]

———Stan Curtis, USA Harvest (organization), S4119 [1MY]

———Steven C. Anderson and Lee Culpepper, National Restaurant Association, S4119 [1MY]

———Terrie M. Dort, National Council of Chain Restaurants, S4119 [1MY]

———William E. Henderson III, Northern Kentucky Harvest (organization), S4119 [1MY]

Food and Friends (organization) funding: Wayne Turner, AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power, H9051 [6DE]

Lists

Boston Celtics Charitable Foundation Heroes Among Us Award recipients, S6661 [22JN]

Organizations opposing H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act, H4256 [19JY]

Meetings

Support for faith-based initiative relative to exemption for Government-funded religious charities from State and local hiring discrimination laws: Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4224 [19JY]

Messages

Faith-Based and Community Groups Initiatives: President Bush, S705 [30JA], H87 [30JA]

Motions

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), H4278 [19JY]

Poems

``First We'll Use Largent,'' Representative Oxley, H3524 [26JN]

Proclamations

Cambridge, OH, Salvation Army anniversary, E605 [24AP]

Tribute to Visions Services Plan (business) Sight for Students Program Assisting Children in Need of Eyecare Services: Representative Matsui, E1722 [25SE]

Remarks in House

Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America: convention, E1452 [26JY], E1464 [27JY]

Arnstein & Lehr (law firm): tribute to charity fashion show, E1813 [5OC]

Bucks County, PA: tribute to Bucks County Housing Group (nonprofit organization) and Students in Free Enterprise (nonprofit organization) on Wheelz 2 Work Program, E1896 [16OC]

Bush, President: proposal to expand the participation of faith-based organizations in the provision of social services, H88 [30JA], H135 [31JA], H2893 [6JN], H3452-H3463 [21JN], E64 [30JA], E1089 [13JN]

Cadence Design Systems, Inc: anniversary of Stars and Strikes Charity Bowling Tournament, E1876 [12OC]

Canadian Pacific Railway: tribute to Holiday Train food drive, E2334 [19DE]

Charity Accountability Board: establish (H.R. 3192), E1977 [31OC], E1997 [2NO]

Columbia, SC: tribute to Spring Valley Presbyterian Church Souper Bowl of Caring fundraiser, E1084 [13JN]

Community service: clarify liability of nonprofit organizations, E1403 [24JY]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 1284), E489 [29MR]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), H3992, H3998 [12JY], H4102 [17JY], H4120, H4204 [18JY], H4233-H4281 [19JY], H4407 [23JY], E1403, E1413 [24JY], E1433 [25JY], E1450 [26JY], E1554 [3AU]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 196), H4222-H4233 [19JY]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), motion to recommit, H4278, H4279 [19JY]

Connecticut: tribute to ``Westfield Works Wonders'' charity event, E2084 [15NO], E2107 [16NO]

Corporations: encourage contributions to faith-based organizations, H3452-H3463 [21JN], H4251 [19JY]

———encourage contributions to faith-based organizations (H. Con. Res. 170), H3811-H3818 [10JY]

Crime: prevent fraud in the solicitation of charitable contributions, H7312 [25OC]

East End Cooperative Ministry, Inc.: anniversary, E1472 [30JY]

Executive Office of the President: establishment of White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, H88 [30JA], H135 [31JA], E64 [30JA]

Florida: tribute to City of Hope Medical Center for Walk for Hope Against Breast Cancer, H6264 [4OC]

———tribute to Walk for Hope Against Breast Cancer, H4435 [24JY]

Food and Friends (organization): funding, H9051 [6DE]

Foundation Fighting Blindness: tribute, H4546 [25JY]

Hear O' Israel International Inc.: tribute, E1699 [21SE]

HomeFirst Charitable Corp.: tribute to Board of Directors, E30 [20JA]

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation: tribute, E1951 [30OC]

Key Biscayne, FL: tribute to National Alliance for Autism Research Walk FAR for NAAR, H7593, H7700 [1NO]

Kincaid, IL: tribute to South Fork School System contribution to America's Fund for Afghan Children, E2145 [28NO]

Maryville, IL: tribute to Maryville Elementary School contribution to America's Fund for Afghan Children, E2143 [28NO]

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts, E631 [25AP], E827 [17MY]

Perryopolis, PA: tribute to Frazier High School contribution to America's Fund for Afghan Children, E1967 [31OC]

Philip Morris Cos., Inc.: accuracy in advertising, H260 [13FE]

Postal Service: treatment of cooperative mailings by nonprofit organizations (H.R. 1169), H1463 [4AP], E438 [22MR]

———waive postage for donations mailed to the White House for ``America's Fund for Afghan Children'' (H.R. 3115), E1878 [12OC]

Puerto Rican Association for Human Development, Inc.: tribute, E2085 [15NO]

Religion: support for faith-based initiative relative to exemption for Government-funded religious charities from State and local hiring discrimination laws, H3992 [12JY], H4224, H4225, H4228-H4231, H4246-H4248, H4252-H4256, H4278, H4279 [19JY], E1450 [26JY]

Rome, GA: tribute to Pepperell Middle School participation in Salvation Army ``Can-a-Thon'', E2339 [20DE]

Salvation Army: support for faith-based initiative relative to exemption for Government-funded religious charities from State and local hiring discrimination laws, H3832 [10JY], H4245 [19JY]

San Francisco, CA: tribute to organizations and individuals for homeless assistance efforts, E1326 [12JY]

Santa Clara County, CA: tribute to Pro Bono Project for providing free legal services for low-income clients, E1736 [25SE]

Shriners Hospitals for Children: tribute, E206 [26FE]

South Carolina: tribute to citizens for charitable giving, E1084 [13JN]

Stillwater, OK: tribute to Richmond Elementary School and Will Rogers Elementary School contributions to America's Fund for Afghan Children, H7913 [8NO]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (H.R. 1598), E641 [26AP]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions, H4252, H4260 [19JY]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (H.R. 777), E243 [28FE]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (H.R. 370), E77 [31JA]

———exempt deduction for charitable contributions from the phase-out of itemized deductions (H.R. 776), E241, E242 [28FE]

———provide a credit for charitable contributions to fight poverty (H.R. 673), E192 [14FE]

———repeal excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations (H.R. 804), H7880 [7NO]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (H.R. 744), E221 [27FE]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (H.R. 990), E351 [13MR]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (H.R. 1659), E680 [1MY]

Taylorville, IL: tribute to Memorial Elementary School contribution to America's Fund for Afghan Children, E2147 [28NO]

———tribute to North Elementary School fundraising efforts for America's Fund for Afghan Children and American Red Cross relief fund, E2038 [8NO]

Terrorism: distribution of donations collected to support relief efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, H7880 [7NO]

———tribute to entertainment industry fundraising efforts in response to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, E1990 [2NO]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 259), H9158-H9160 [11DE]

Vision Services Plan (business): tribute to Sight for Students program assisting children in need of eyecare services, E1722 [25SE]

Westfield, CT: tribute to Westfield Works Wonders charity event, E2266 [12DE]

Williamson Brothers Bar-B-Q (business): tribute to relief efforts relative to terrorist attack on the Pentagon, E2345 [20DE]

Zaharsky, Filomena: United Cerebral Palsy of Hudson County, NJ, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E735 [4MY]

Remarks in Senate

Boston, MA: tribute to Boston Celtics Charitable Foundation Heroes Among Us Award recipients, S6661 [22JN]

Bush, President: proposal to expand the participation of faith-based organizations in the provision of social services, S701 [30JA], S7326 [9JY]

Claims: allow victims of terrorist attacks to receive certain compensation regardless of any collateral source compensation they may be eligible to receive (S. 1812), S13057 [12DE]

Coca-Cola Co.: tribute for donation and relief efforts relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9553 [20SE]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets, S13918 [20DE]

Compassion Capital Fund: funding, S11546 [7NO]

Corp. for National and Community Service: carry out as a voucher program that assists charities serving low-income individuals (S. 1352), S8917 [3AU]

———tribute to Board of Directors meeting in Mississippi, S7326 [9JY]

COVER (nonprofit organization): tribute to efforts to repair homes for low-income, elderly, and disabled citizens, S9802 [25SE]

Crime: prevent fraud in the solicitation of charitable contributions (S. 1484), S10065 [2OC]

Executive Office of the President: establishment of White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, S701 [30JA]

Food: permit States to use administrative funds to pay costs relating to the processing, transporting, and distributing of donated wild game to eligible food distribution agencies (S. 1683), S11790 [14NO]

Food & Friends (organization): food for victims of AIDS project funding, S11532 [7NO]

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts, S3989 [26AP]

National Labor Relations Act: exempt retailers which permit charitable organizations access to its premises but denies access to labor unions to organize, S11327-S11329 [1NO]

———exempt retailers which permit charitable organizations access to its premises but denies access to labor unions to organize (S. 929), S5460 [22MY]

Organ donors: tribute to Youth for Life—Remembering Walter Payton initiative for efforts to raise awareness about organ donation (S. Con. Res. 63), S8485 [31JY], S10401, S10402 [9OC]

Postal Service: treatment of cooperative mailings by nonprofit organizations (S. 1562), S10796 [17OC]

Program of Development and Peace of the Magdalena Medio (organization): tribute, S9153 [6SE]

Taxation: adjust capital gains treatment of art and collectibles and provide a deduction for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (S. 638), S3056 [28MR]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor, S5496 [23MY]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (S. 694), S3444, S3445 [4AP]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (S. 298), S1228 [8FE]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (S. 780), S3996-S3998 [26AP]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools, S4074 [1MY], S5214-S5216, S5254, S5255 [21MY], S6277-S6279 [14JN]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools (S. 462), S1901 [6MR]

———treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness (S. 779), S3996 [26AP]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (S. 393), S1619 [27FE]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (S. 37), S314 [22JA]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (S. 810), S4118 [1MY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (S. 205), S702, S709, S710 [30JA]

Terrorism: distribution of donations collected to support relief efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, S11587 [8NO]

University of Mississippi: tribute to volunteer referees at Sigma Nu (fraternal organization) Charity Bowl football game, S7188 [29JN]

Williamson, WV: tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S13937 [20DE]

Wyoming: tribute to Race for the Cure and other breast cancer relief efforts, S11402 [2NO]

Reports filed

Community Solutions Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 7) (H. Rept. 107-138), H4008 [12JY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 7) (H. Rept. 107-138), H4013 [16JY]

Consideration of H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 196) (H. Rept. 107-144), H4111 [17JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 170, encourage corporate contributions to faith-based organizations, H3811 [10JY]

H. Con. Res. 259, tribute to charities for relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H9158 [11DE]

H. Res. 196, consideration of H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act, H4222 [19JY]

H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act, H4233-H4243 [19JY]

H.R. 3192, Disaster Relief Charities Accountability Act, E1977 [31OC]

S. 298, Giving Incentives for Taxpayers Act, S1228 [8FE]

S. 393, Medical Research Investment Act, S1619 [27FE]

S. 462, Leave No Child Behind Tax Credit Act, S1902 [6MR]

S. 638, Art and Collectibles Capital Gains Tax Treatment Parity Act, S3057 [28MR]

S. 779, tax treatment of certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness, S3996 [26AP]

S. 810, Feeding Needy Families Act, S4118 [1MY]

S. 929, Preserve Charitable Giving Act, S5460 [22MY]

S. 1484, Crimes Against Charitable Americans Act, S10065 [2OC]

S. 1812, September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Fairness Act, S13057 [12DE]

S. Con. Res. 63, tribute to Youth for Life—Remembering Walter Payton initiative for efforts to raise awareness about organ donation, S8485 [31JY], S10402 [9OC]