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Use It Or Lose It: Charities that Limit Giving Options Limit Donations

Planned Giving

When Good Intentions Meet Bad Options A few weeks ago, I was approached by a charity with a donor who, at the end of 2025, had just retired from farming. Smart Giving Beats Uncle Sam Every Time Heres the kicker: this farmer had spent eight months trying to work with another charity that only accepted cash and marketable securities.

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Strategic Grants

Further discussions around women and philanthropy powered byShe Gives were catalysed following an eventin late November at Government House,hosted by the Governer General, Her Excellency Sam Mostyn AC. link] Sector events Telescope: What does 2025 hold for philanthropy? Supported 1,188 projects, valued at more than $45.2M.

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Nonprofit Mailers Cautiously Laud Postage Increase Pause

The NonProfit Times

Sam Graves (R-Missouri); Rep. I’m pleased the USPS has heeded our bipartisan calls to forgo another postage rate increase at the beginning of 2025, as countless Americans in my congressional district and beyond have been harmed by the Postmaster General’s decision to raise prices,” said Rep. Connolly (D-Virginia); Rep.

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The Grants Transparency Act of 2023: Good idea or spitting in the wind?

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

5536), which goes into effect in April 2025. Specific pain points reported by federal grant applicants include registration requirements in multiple systems, including the overarching System for Award Management (SAM) and the widely used grants.gov WorkSpace portal, which is probably used for about 80% of grant applications.