Current Issues
IRS Releases Suggested Governance Guidelines:
Pension Protection Act & Fractional Gifts
Letter to Congressman John Lewis, Chairman, House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee 7/27/07
Senate Finance Committee
Independent Sector's Panel on Non-Profit Sector Interim Report 4/15/05
Testimony on Charitable Giving 6/22/04
AAMD Addresses
Written Testimony on Diversity submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee 10/09/2007
Testimony to CPAC on Guatemala and Mali 03/15/07
Cultural Property Advisory Board Testimony by Josh Knerly on Peru and Cyprus 01/07
Follow-up Testimony to CPAC on Reuqest from the Government of China 03/15/05
Follow-up Testimony Part II 03/23/05
Testimonies to CPAC on Request from the Government of China 02/17/05
James Cuno, Director, Art Institute of Chicago
Mimi Gardner Gates, Director, Seattle Art Museum
Dan Monroe, Director, Peabody Essex Museum
Katharine Lee Reid, Director, Cleveland Museum of Art
Emily Sano, Director, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Marc Wilson, Director, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Testimony to CPAC on Request from the Governments of El Salvador and Colombia 11/18/04
Ongoing Issues
Artists’ Fair Market Value Deduction Bill
- Summary of the Bill
- History of the Bill
- AAMD Statement for the Record
- Recommendation of AAMD
- Co-Sponsors of the Bill in the 111th Congress
- Update 8/15/2007
- NEA Report to Senators Leahy and Bennett, Result of May 4, 2007 meeting 9/27/2007
Correspondence should emphasize the positive impact increased donations from artists would have your local not-for profit institutions.
How can I get involved?
Please contact your Senators and Representatives letting them know what issues are important to you and your community.
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- Explain why the issue is important to you, your community, or your institution
- Encourage friends, business associates, and fellow concerned citizens to contact their congressional representatives
- Ask for a response informing you what your congressional representative is going to do about the issue