Charitable Contributions

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"Introduction
Charitable institutions in the United States evolved as immigrants tried to recreate social institutions similar to those with which they were familiar in their home countries. Typically Western European, schools, hospitals, libraries, churches and cemeteries were among the institutions which early Americans sought to rebuild without government intervention. Many museums were established or endowed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as memorials to individuals and families (it should be remembered that there was no income tax at that time and thus no income tax deduction for charitable contributions).

During the middle and late twentieth centuries, changes were made in the income tax code which effectively subsidized contributions to charitable organizations. These organizations included educational .."

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