Nonprofit Halloween
Frankly, when I think about holidays and nonprofits, I think about the Thanksgiving-to-Christmas corridor. That seems to be when a lot of volunteering happens and, as the end of the tax year approaches, it also seems to be when a lot of year-end funding requests happen.
Are there any Halloween-oriented charities? Almost certainly. And the one I found quickly on Google was ‘Ween Dream, a Louisiana-based public charity that provides costumes to kids who might otherwise not have costumes.
It’s a small organization, collecting roughly $10,000 of donations annually. I don’t know anything substantive about it, but I like that they’re taking a charitable approach to a holiday that, as wonderful as it is, doesn’t usually invoke thoughts of charity.
Samuel D. Brunson
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