Charitable Donations & the Nonprofit World

In these harsh economic times, charities and the donors who support their causes are feeling the limitations of giving power. As a result, more are looking for ways to maximize the impact of their contributions to the causes they care about most.

When Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson evoked the role nonprofits play in society at the Democratic National Convention last month, it was music to Robert Egger’s ears.

Another Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is already under way. Keith Willingham, director of CFC operations at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), explained to The Hill in an interview conducted via email how the annual fundraising drive started, how it works and who can participate.

Nonprofit groups have been fighting to preserve the current deduction for charitable giving throughout President Obama’s term — and it doesn’t look like that’s going to change any time soon.

A flatbed truck is parked on the grounds of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. On it rest 45 large stones that were removed individually, piece by piece, from the Gothic structure’s central tower following last year’s 5.8-magnitude earthquake that shook the nation’s capital and much of the Northeast.