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Diversity and Inclusion Resource Center

Visit the League's new Diversity Center to access a broad variety of resources designed to help your orchestra in this important area.

Win a scholarship to Conference!

Corporation for International Business is now accepting applications for a scholarship to attend the League's Conference! Find out more!

Connect with your peers at Conference!

Coming to Conference? Check out the agenda for your meeting with your constituency group!

Free Webinar: Recruiting Your Next Generation of Volunteers

Guide to Online Grantseeker Resources

Check out this free guide to online grantseeker resources, available now from the League! Click here!

Take the Orchestra Repertoire Report survey!

The 2013 Orchestra Repertoire Report survey is live! Click here to fill it out!

Ask an Expert: Free Advice for Board Leaders

Need help with tough governance challenges such as board self-evaluation, term-limits, or succession planning? Sign up now for the League’s free phone advice line with governance experts!

Designed for board leaders only, these calls are free, one-time, one-hour, and one-per orchestra consultations. Board leaders from groups 1-4 will speak with Lowell Noteboom, chair of the League of American Orchestras. And Cate Moye, past president, board of directors, Spokane Symphony and current board member, League of American Orchestras, will guide board leaders from groups 5-8.

Cate Moye
Board member, League of American
Orchestras, past president, board of
trustees, Spokane Symphony
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Lowell Noteboom
Chair, League of American Orchestras,
former board chair, The Saint Paul
Chamber Orchestra
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To register for a time to speak with these governance experts, click here.

Volunteer Notes Summer 2013

Read the latest Volunteer Notes!

Charitable Giving Incentives Still Under Debate in DC

February 12, 2013

The House Ways and Means Committee is considering potential changes to the tax incentives for charitable giving. While the recent fiscal cliff deal preserved the fundamental tax structure for charitable giving incentives, proposals to limit the tax deduction for charitable gifts remain on the table as policy leaders contemplate tax reform. Congress needs to understand that nonprofit groups, such as your orchestra, rely on charitable giving to support valuable services to the community. On Thursday, February 14, the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee held a hearing on the tax deduction for charitable giving, and a special working group of the committee is being established to explore potential changes within the next six weeks. This working group will also invite points of view from all members of Congress. The League will be submitting testimony on behalf of orchestras, but it is also crucial that you speak up and weigh in with your members of Congress.

Please take the following three steps:

1. Speak Now. Send a communication to your member of Congress, going on record to explain that charitable giving is essential to supporting the work your orchestra does in its community, and ask that charitable giving incentives be maintained. Our online advocacy center has more background and clear messages you can personalize with details about the work your orchestra does to directly benefit your community.

2. Identify Relationships. Check with others in your organization to determine whether the orchestra already has a direct relationship with your member of Congress and their staff. Please reach out with a phone call to your member’s DC office with a reminder of the vital work the orchestra is doing in your community and to discuss the importance of protecting charitable giving incentives. If your orchestra has a close connection, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. so the League can reinforce that connection in D.C.

3. Show Your Value. Invite your member of Congress and their staff to see your orchestra in action. Congress will take a break from D.C. and return to their home districts March 23 through April 7. These are perfect times to schedule a meeting with your Representative and/or to extend an invitation for them to see how your orchestra serves your community.

Thank you for your advocacy, and please feel welcome to be in touch with any questions and to let us know of your contacts with your member of Congress. The League continues to meet with Ways & Means offices, in collaboration with our partners in the broader nonprofit community. Our efforts are only successful when supported by your actions. Thank you!