I’m sure it takes lots of money to keep the Primate Rescue Center in operation. Does the PRC get money from the Federal government or the state to help cover these costs?
This is one of the most common questions we’re asked, so I’m glad to have the opportunity to respond. Although we wish that there were such a funding source available to animal sanctuaries in the U.S.—there simply is not. Perhaps a primer in nonprofit organizations will help to explain why. Rather than directly fund such programs with taxpayer dollars, the Federal government instead allows the PRC and more than 1.1 million other charitable organizations to apply for tax-exempt, nonprofit status. Once qualified under the restrictions of the IRS tax code, such organizations are eligible for state and federal exemptions from payment of corporate income taxes, most sales taxes, and may qualify for other benefits, such as reduced postal mailing rates. To encourage public support of these “good works,” donors to nonprofit organizations may—subject to certain restrictions—deduct the amount of their donations to charitable organizations from their income taxes. It may help to think of this str
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