Contact Our CO Senators to Help Our Nonprofits!

Please direct email for Sen. Michael Bennet to Charlie Anderson at Charlie.Anderson@senate.bennet.gov

Please direct email for Sen. Cory Gardner to Brian Wanamaker at Brian.Wanamaker@.senate.gardner.gov

Tweet to @SenBennet: PLEASE INCLUDE NONPROFITS IN STIMULUS PKG LOAN FUNDS, INCREASE CAP ON UNIVERSAL CHARITABLE DEDUCTION TO $2K

Tweet to @SenCoryGardner: PLEASE INCLUDE NONPROFITS IN STIMULUS PKG LOAN FUNDS, INCREASE CAP ON UNIVERSAL CHARITABLE DEDUCTION TO $2K

You can find more options for contacting these offices on the policy section of the website, philanthropycolorado.org.

If you don’t have time to personalize a note, but still want to help: please cut and paste the delineated note below with three bullet points or use the sample tweets posted above.

 

Dear Senator:

I’m writing to urge the Senate to improve the trillion-dollar stimulus package by including the following provisions to help our state’s charitable organizations:

• Expressly include charitable nonprofits in the $200 Billion loan fund for businesses, including airlines. The charitable sector needs an immediate infusion of $60 billion and the loan program is a fast way to get cash in the hands of organizations serving immediate needs in communities, yet facing lost and declining revenue due to the pandemic;
• Improve the above-the-line charitable deduction by raising the cap to $2,000 and allowing all taxpayers to immediately claim the deduction on their 2019 taxes (due on July 15), and afterwards through 2021. This will provide individual Coloradans with a renewed incentive to make contributions to prop up a sector that represents a significant portion of the state’s economy; and 
• Clarify that charitable nonprofits of all sizes are able to participate in the emergency Small Business Loan Program by using the tax-law definition of charitable organizations (Sec. 501(c)(3) public charities)

         Thank you for all you do to support the charitable sector. 

 

         Signed, xxxxx