CARES Act - Individual Giving -- All taxpayers (those who itemize and those who use the standard deduction) can deduct $300 in charitable giving to public nonprofits in 2020. For those who itemize their taxes, the CARES Act significantly raises the amount of the charitable giving deductible from 60% of the filer's adjusted gross income (AGI) to 100% of AGI. Gifts to donor-advised funds and private foundations do not receive the revised deductible under this provision. For more information about this from the IRS: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/special-300-tax-deduction-helps-most-people-give-to-charity-this-year-even-if-they-dont-itemize.
Your year-end donation will help Annapolis Green:
- Continue to be the most prolific local voice for Climate Change mitigation
- Lead the community’s education and adoption of electric vehicles for clean transportation and Climate Change mitigation
- Expand Here We Grow, our backyard vegetable and native plants program, into a network of private gardens and professional resources
- Enhance our Take Root program to encourage the planting of trees
- Expand our successful Plastic Free Annapolis campaign to reach businesses and residents throughout the Greater Annapolis area, including our recent cigarette litter awareness component
- Deploy NAPTOWN TAPs, our distinctive portable refill stations, to help eliminate the use of disposable plastic water bottles
- Roll-out a comprehensive online toolkit for our Responsible Events & Festivals program ensuring that Zero-Waste practices are adopted once in-person special events and festivals resume
- Continue to champion the importance of composting – as we did with the recent pumpkin collection – partnering with the City to developing more composting opportunities
- Retain our busy office and demonstration garden at 92 Maryland Avenue for staff, volunteers and the visiting public