Non-Profit Charity

A non-profit charity organization provides programs and services to individuals in need with out making a financial profit from any project. There are organizations that assist victims of natural disasters who need help with relocation and the necessities of life. Some groups specialize in helping unmarried, pregnant women who need help with medical expenses, housing, and even counseling as to what they should do with their unborn child. Other groups provide asylum or assistance to families in war torn countries. Numerous non-profit charities around the world help many people in distress through the generous donations of kind donors who share their wealth with those less fortunate.

Charity groups are incorporated with the understanding that no one involved with the agency will receive any kind of profit from any activity. An organization can pay their employees and offer various types of benefits without jeopardizing their tax free status. Most non-profit organizations have applied to the IRS for tax-exempt status. The IRS will classify a non-profit charity as a public or private organization. Typically having a public status means that an organization is either a school or a church. These groups are incorporated as tax-exempt and have an easier time of receiving this status than groups that are classified as private.

When seeking out the services of or donating to a tax exempt group, it would be advisable for prospective donors to become educated about them. For those who are in need of some assistance, the first place to start is to schedule an appointment and talk with someone who represents the agency. Donors to non-profit charities should ask the agency for a mission statement, references, and/or speak to one of the agency's board members. If the IRS has awarded an agency tax-exempt privileges, it is also a good indication that the organization is reputable. Those donating to a non-profit charity should familiarize themselves with the programs offered and the local or national population that is served. In addition, donors may wish to find out what percentage of the donated money will be allocated toward the targeted project and what amount is funneled toward administrative costs.

There is no greater way to make use of an individual's or family's extra resources than to donate them to a charitable organization. Many people are not able to go overseas and work in an orphanage or tutor inner city children, but they do have the heart to consider donating to non-profit charities that can provide help to those who need it. God speaks often in the Bible about donating to the needy and how that act will not only bring blessings to this earth but it will also store up rewards in heaven for those who are generous. God instructs, "...provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." (Luke 16:33-34) Remember that giving to charities is creating a reward in heaven that will never be taken away!

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