Oregon Again Seeks to Crack Down on High Fundraising Costs - Tax Watch - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Oregon Again Seeks to Crack Down on High Fundraising Costs - Tax Watch - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Oregon Again Seeks to Crack Down on High Fundraising Costs

By Suzanne Perry

The Oregon legislature has resurrected a bill that would deny state tax breaks for gifts to charities with high fundraising and administrative costs.

The House, which let a similar measure die in 2011, adopted it unanimously this month and sent it to the Senate.