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Charitable gifts are a critically important source of revenue to universities. These gifts are sometimes used to fund current operations through annual giving campaigns. Many charitable gifts are made specifically to an institution's endowment to support specific purposes and activities - such as…
Endowments and Charitable Giving | Issue BriefLearn about why tax-exempt financing is critical for universities to advance their mission of educating and innovating for the public good.
Taxation & Finance | Endowments and Charitable Giving | Nonprofit Tax Compliance | Issue BriefUnrelated business taxable income (UBIT) is income from a trade or business that is regularly carried on by a tax-exempt organization and is not substantially related to the organization's exempt purpose.
Taxation & Finance | Nonprofit Tax Compliance | Issue BriefThe vast majority of public and private universities and colleges are tax-exempt entities as defined by IRC Section 501(c)(3) because of their educational purposes—purposes that the federal government has long recognized as fundamental to fostering the productive and civic capacity of its citizens—…
Taxation & Finance | Nonprofit Tax Compliance | Issue BriefHigh quality research on the science of teaching and learning is critical to the nations educational institutions ability to deliver students high’ quality education. Just as we invest federal resources in biomedical research to prevent and treat disease, so too must we invest in education research…
FY22 | Federal Budget | Department of Education | Issue BriefThe Department of Education’s Title VI (domestic) and Fulbright-Hays (overseas) programs are the federal government’s most comprehensive programs for developing national capacity in foreign language and area studies expertise. These programs support instruction in less-commonly taught languages—…
Department of Education | FY22 | Federal Budget | Issue BriefOn March 10, the House of Representatives passed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
COVID-19 | Higher Education Legislation | National Endowment for the Humanities | National Science Foundation | Department of Education | Issue BriefAAU urges Congress to provide at least $106 million for Title VI International Education programs in FY21.
Federal Budget | FY21 | Department of Education | Issue BriefAAU urges Congress to support a maximum Pell Grant award of $7,000 in FY21.
Federal Budget | FY21 | Department of Education | Student Aid | Issue BriefAAU urges Congress to provide at least $670 million to the Institute for Education Sciences in FY21.
Federal Budget | FY21 | Department of Education | Issue Brief