The American Association of Museum Volunteers, an affiliate group of the
American Association of Museums, was seriously investigating the tax
deductibility of donated time to non-profit institutions.  The last I read
was an article in their newsletter about 3 years ago.  You should be able
to contact the AAMV through the AAM's web site.  There is also an
international association for museum volunteers, but I'm sorry I no longer
remember the acronym or exact name--ICOM should have information about
this group.

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Professor, Dept. of Classics & Classical Archaeology
Director, Museum Studies Program
College of Humanities
San Francisco State University

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On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Adriaan Linters wrote:

> (sorry for any cross-posting !)
> 
> I heard somewhere that in some countries or states volunteers can deduct a
> certain amount from their taxable income, based on the time spent to
> non-paid volunteer labour. The argument for this should be that donations
> of money generally are tax-deductable, and that therefore 'donations of
> time during which you can earn money' also should be deductable.
> If anyone has information about this, can he/she let me hnow about it ?
> If this system doesn't exist anywhere shouldn't we make out a good case for
> this ?
> Thanks !
> 
> Adriaan Linters
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