CEERT Fund for the Promotion of Racial and Gender Equity

CEERT promotes racial equity, intersecting with gender, in the field of human rights and socioeconomic development

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Objective

The Fund aims to strengthen anti-racist initiatives for the exercise of the right to education, dignified work, justice, and the rights of childhood, adolescence, and youth in Brazil, with a focus on Black women and youth.

These donations will make it possible for young black people from the outskirts of Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Manaus, Belém and São Paulo to remain at university through an academic permanence scholarship, in addition to providing training aimed at developing leadership skills and an English course.

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About CEERT

Racial and Gender Equity

Social and Economic Development of the Black Population

Racism is at the origin of social inequalities in Brazil, fighting it is to break the historical cycle of violence committed against the black population. This is the struggle that motivates CEERT.

The Center for the Study of Labor Relations and Inequalities – CEERT – is a non-profit organization that since 1990 has designed and implemented a program to promote racial and gender equity in that since 1990 has designed and implemented a program to promote racial and gender equity in public and private institutions. It works through projects in the areas of work, education, racial justice, youth and job opportunities for ex-prisoners.

Tax Benefits

USA: Contributions to BrazilFoundation – EIN 13 4131482, a non-profit under Section 501(c)(3) of the US Internal Revenue Tax Code – are deductible to the full extent permitted by law. Individuals can deduct up to 50% of their adjusted gross income; companies may deduct up to 10% of taxable income, prior to discounting the philanthropic investment. BrazilFoundation provides a tax-receipt acknowledgement of the contribution it receives.

Brazil: BrazilFoundation is a non-profit organization, designated as a Public Interest Civil Society Organization (OSCIP, as per its initials in Portuguese) under Law 9.790/99, Ministry of Justice file no. 08071.000389/2004/01, Corporate Taxpayer Registration No. 04.839.572/0001-10. A donation receipt can be issued for donations made in reals. The donor must request their receipt directly from BrazilFoundation. Since we are an OSCIP, tax incentives are only awarded to businesses taxed on their profits. These businesses can deduct the cost of donations up to 2% of their operating profit. An individual donor may report the amount donated when filing income tax, but will not receive a tax incentive.