+In response to the release of final bill text of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) (S. 748), Tim Delaney, President and CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, released the following statement:
+Experts with the National Council of Nonprofits fear COVID-19 may be on the path to creating a charitable crisis worse than the ’08 recession.
+While the universal above-the-line tax deduction for charitable contributions might help nonprofits, federal aid should include a “robust” charitable deduction with a raised limit that can be immediately claimed on 2019 tax returns, the...
+The organizations highlighted below express thanks to the Senate for taking the first step in recognizing nonprofits in its proposed relief package.
+As the number of coronavirus cases in Maine increases, nonprofits are trying to balance social distancing with social services.
+Congress should provide a universal charitable giving deduction for contributions through the end of 2021, according to the Wednesday letter sent to congressional offices from more than 90 charitable and other nonprofit organizations including...
+The charitable sector, which this week pressed Congress for $60 billion worth of assistance, would get some help under the Senate bill.
++"Most nonprofits don’t have endowments or even large rainy-day funds to tap," said Tim Delaney, CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, one of the signatories on the letter.
+“In the past couple of days, the number of cancellations have skyrocketed,” said Jim Klocke, the head of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network (MNN).
