Philanthropy

Charity is a bad thing because it diminishes the supply of savings. Savings leads to investment and investment leads to economic growth which makes everyone wealthier. No one should receive charity. The only acception is people who can't help themselves like handicapped people. Everyone else should work for a living. Everyone can find a job as long as they are willing to lower their wage. Charity leads to dependence, laziness, and it creates a moral hazard. If charity money is saved it will be lent out and invested by a businessman who will create jobs to pull people out of poverty. If charity money goes to someone who just buys food with it, they might eat today but they will starve tomorrow.

A "gift" is NEVER taxable, unless it can be considered compensation for services (as when an employer gives a "bonus"), or it can be considered a "prize".

Compensation for services is always taxable.

A "prize" is ALWAYS taxable. When Oprah Winfrey gave members of her audience automobiles, this was considered a "prize", not a "gift", as was the subsequent offer to pay their income taxes. However, that determination...of it it is a gift or something else....as I have seen by many questions here and elsewhere... is frequently, if not virtually always, wrongly answered by the recipent. In fact, both the Oprah car and the subsequent offer to pay the tax were wrongly defined by the "expert" staff and audience. (And no, the audience didn't have any idea that Oprah was going to give them each a car...etc.,)

A gift (or gifts) totaling more than $10,000 (indexed for inflation, $12,000 in 2007) to the same person in the same year MAY create a "gift tax" liability for the giver. It will certainly require the filing of an "Estate and Gift Tax Return" by the giver. But no actual tax liability is incurred until the lifetime total of all gifts exceeds the threshold amount, currently $2,000,000.

The Gift tax is not restricted to transactions between parents and children.

Although "a single taxpayer with three children can transfer a total of $36,000 to them every year free of federal gift taxes", a married couple could transfer twice that amount, since both the husband and the wife can separately give $12,000 each to each of their three children!

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1.Higher employee morale

2.Enhance company image

3.Improved customer relationship.

Not unless it would cause earthquake movement to your home. If equipment is causing your house to shake and pictures to fall off your walls, then it is considered the same effect as an earthquake and could have effect of your home's foundation. Also, if your 50 year old home is like many others of that age, it is build stronger than newer homes of today. If you are worried, hire a home inspector to come out and evaluate your foundation, the charge somewhere between $75 and $150 for a quick housecall.

If by most popular on the web, you mean online donations, some charities are the ASPCA, St. Jude's cancer research, and Operation Smile.

People who suffer from deformities may require additional assistance and fortunately there are charities that support deformed people and research. Some charities include Changing Faces, Operation Smile, and Smile Train.

Corporate philanthropy is when a corporation donates money. Several corporations donate money to public television.

It is the same as the Old Chinese proverb: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

It means that you really are not helping someone by doing things for them as much as you can help them by teaching them how to do it themselves. It is far better to give someone independence than to make them dependent upon you. This is best done by teaching them how to do what you would do for them.

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Caringbridge is a non profit organization which was established in 1997. The main purpose of this charity is to offer free websites to people undergoing medical treatment or who are seriously ill. This allows family and friends to receive consistent information through a website and eliminates the need for numerous phone calls.

You can visit the Chronicle of Philanthropy website to obtain a subscription. They have a 1 year and a 2 year subscription available. 1 years starts at $65.00 and the 2 year starts at $116.00. Visit the site for further details.

It has to be possibly fatal. Cancer is an example.

The mission of the WaterAid charity is to bring safe, clean drinking water as well as sanitation and hygiene education to third world countries stricken by poverty.

The WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature is involved in a number of conservation and endangered animal protection roles including protecting the polar bear and its habitat.

The Born Free Foundation also work in a conservation role and makes efforts to keep polar bears in their natural habitat.

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Toys for Tots is an excellent charity for children. Children's Miracle Network is another charity that focuses its efforts on children. You can also donate to the Ronald McDonald charity at any McDonalds.

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To feed those who are starving is the most common of all charities and to give those whom are homeless and on the streets a house and life.

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I have just read that the Colombian singer Shakira is a Philanthropist. I wonder what a philanthropist person do.

I work as a volunteer supporting people with especial needs and learning difficulties.

Does it make me and Philanthropist? I wonder.

That is a very hard question to answer. They all have tons of money but in 2006 the reported amount was 3.2 Billion US Dollars. Not including personal properties which we all know that this would raise that amount significantly. Then take in consideration all there art collection Boat Planes and Cars all the toys they have and last but not least his wife Judith Kamps? So just lets say the family is doing just fine financially.