Also check out the Oregon Cultural Trust at http://www.culturaltrust.org for
an imaginative program encouraging private investment in arts, heritage, and
humanities.

William S. Hanable
Research North
Historical Services for Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

----- Original Message -----
From: "Indigo Nights" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 6:33 AM
Subject: Lobby for this Option


>
> More and more states are putting checkoff boxes on
> their state and local tax returns to support their
> local charities.  Most are health and human services
> related.
>
> As you are probably aware the US economy is tanking in
> many areas.  Funding for museums is going to be harder
> to come by in the days ahead.
>
> It's probably too late to make a difference for the
> 2002 returns to be filed later this year, but it seems
> to me that a smart museums community in the various
> states should lobby their legislators to allow a
> checkoff box on their income taxes to provide for an
> income tax benefit to be distributed among the area's
> museums.  Clearly, it couldn't hurt because it would
> be an optional tax and nothing that would be directly
> affecting all citizens.  It might also show how much
> or how little museums are supported in your area.
>
> The article below delineates how Colorado is doing
> something comparable, but health and human services
> related:
>
> Groups urge charity via tax returns ***
> Tough fiscal times are pushing people into the same
> boat. Ten organizations vying to have Colorado
> taxpayers donate a share of their state tax
> refunds to their causes are uniting this year to make
> their voices heard.
>
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/legislature/article/0,1299,DRMN_37_166
9887,00.html
>
>
>
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