Swingshift Raises $300k, Breaks Record : News : The Ticker

The official, bank-verified donation totals are in. The 7th season of SwingShift and The Stars raised more than $300,000 – a record-breaking $301,984 to be exact – for six local charities. Leelanau Christian Neighbors raised $129,362, the most money raised by any of the 44 charities that have participated in the local fundraising dance competition. The other 7th season participants and their totals follow: Mariposa Pathway – $53,757 BrickWays – $46,988 Conflict Resolution Services – $26,250 Building Bridges With Music – $26,083 Justice For Our Neighbors – $19,543 Permalink

Swingshift Raises $300k, Breaks Record : News : The Ticker

Rotary Awards $585k To Area Groups : News : The Ticker

Rotary Charities of Traverse City has announced the recipients of its
fall grant cycle – including $50,000 awards to ArtCenter Traverse City
in support of its merger with Crooked Tree Arts Council, the Traverse
City Film Festival toward projection equipment for the Bijou, Inland
Seas Education Association for program support, Habitat for Humanity for
capacity building and Stoneshouse (Dann's House) for programming.

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Rotary Awards $585k To Area Groups : News : The Ticker

How would the Camp tax reform plan affect charitable giving?

September 23, 2014

What's new from the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy and the National Center for Charitable Statistics. How would the Camp tax reform plan affect charitable giving? A new Tax Policy and Charities project brief estimates the effects of provisions from the Tax Reform Act of 2014 on individual charitable giving. The provisions, released earlier this year by House Ways and Means Committee chair Dave Camp (R-MI), could decrease individual giving by 7 to 14 percent. READ MORE "The total impact of the Camp plan is estimated to reduce individual giving in the range of 7 to 14 percent, which corresponds to a reduction of between 17 to 35 billion dollars based on 2013 giving levels." page 2 of report