His toughest task: convincing the white business elite that Civic Ventures isn't a charitable fund.
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In the aftermath of the crash, a charitable fund was set up to help the two families affected.
In short, it looks as if the disparity in treatment is because some London compensation payments came from a charitable fund, not a government scheme.
Peterson and his wife Joan Ganz Cooney, the creator of Sesame Street, have had a charitable fund, the Peterson Fund, at the Trust since the 1970s.
You could stuff five or ten years of charitable contributions into a charitable gift fund of the sort run by Fidelity, Schwab and Vanguard, claiming the writeoff against 2012 income and disbursing the donations in coming years.
Indeed, donor-advised funds, both those run by community foundations like the Trust and those affiliated with investment firms, such as the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, and the Schwab Charitable Fund, are a fine way for folks who aren't rich enough to set up their own private foundations to funnel money over time to their favorite charities.
The Birmingham hospital where 14-year-old Pakistan schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai is being treated has set up a fund for charitable donations for her.
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He has also built up a multi-million pound business advising banks and foreign governments, which helps to fund a network of charitable foundations devoted to promoting inter-faith dialogue and other causes.
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It has created a charitable arm, the Business Recovery Fund, which raises money to help stabilize local businesses, fund building and retraining, and build a medical school.
That's because you've already claimed a charitable deduction for all the money in your fund.
Here's the key: You get a tax deduction upfront, when you put the money in the charitable fund.
The foundation is primarily a donor-advised fund that allows individual contributors to create mini charitable foundations under its umbrella and collects fees for its services.
One prominent London-based hedge fund, the Children's Investment Fund, channels a large chunk of its profits into a charitable foundation.
Like many charitable crowdfunders, the process begins with an online video from a micro-fund seeker.
The chief complaint is that a big dollop of Olympic money is coming from the national lottery's charitable fund.
Now operated by a charitable trust, the R Tucker Thompson runs summer day sails like this one to fund its work with local children.
The council would still fund the service through an annual fixed grant but as a social enterprise with charitable status, it would be able to attract other sources of funding, said the authority.
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