Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 07:30:45 -0400
From: Peter Kronenberg <pak-AT-carouselpuppets.com>
Subject: Re: PUPT: Re: Help on commissioning a show


At 10/7/2003  Tuesday  11:37 PM, you wrote:
>If you want to support this (or any other) NFP,
>contribute funds. That way they can put the money where they need it most,
>you get paid appropriately for your services, and you can use the
>contribution as a tax exemption if you want.

If you want to support a NFP, donating a show that you normally charge $500 
for (for example) is exactly the same as donating $500 and getting a tax 
deduction and then doing a show for $500, for which you pay taxes.  It's a 
wash.  In both cases, your direct expenses (travel, food, etc) are also 
deductible, which remains the only tax benefit.

The problem is that we get so many calls from non-profits that we can't 
support them all.  So I agree with your basic premise that one shouldn't be 
taken in by a non-profit's plea of poverty.  It might or might not be true, 
but we shouldn't feel obligated to support any non-profit that calls asking 
for a free or reduced rate show

Peter




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