Keep charitable incentive for giving

As part of the plan to reduce the federal budget deficity, The United States Congress is making recommendations that could directly impact the ability of nonprofit organizations to provide essential programs and services in communities. The charitable giving incentive, which benefits all 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofits, could be cut back, altered, or even eliminated. The Arkansas Coalition for Excellence (ACE), of which The Foundation of Arts is a member, has proudly joined with nearly 4,000 nonprofits from Arkansas and across America in submitting the Nonprofit Community Letter urging the Supercommittee of Congress to protect and not weaken the charitable giving incentive. You can go to www.GiveVoice.org to see the letters that were delivered to Congress, including the names of all the nonprofits from our state and elsewhere.

It is time to lift your voice to defend your right to a tax deduction for charitable contributions. We urge you and all who care about the vital services and programs that nonprofits provide in our local communities - board members, staff members, volunteers, service recipients, donors, friends, and family members - to join us in IMMEDIATELY lifting our individual voices to inform federal policymakers that they cannot continue to cut public programs and expect nonprofits to fill in their gaps and pick up their slack.

Please help us continue our positive momentum by taking these two simple steps:

1. Call, email, and/or tweet your Member of Congress

2. Forward this Action Alert to all you know who care about the vital work that nonprofits do in our communities, urging them to take these two simple steps, too -

Thanks for your ongoing support!