{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "NY Open Data", "hasEmail": "mailto:no-reply@data.ny.gov"}, "description": "The Department of Taxation and Finance annually produces a compilation of voluntary contributions made by taxpayers on their personal income tax returns.  The dataset provides a history of these contributions beginning with fiscal year 1983. New Yorkers are currently allowed to check off on their state income tax forms to give voluntary contributions to ten different Funds: \n\u2022\tReturn a Gift to Wildlife (est. 1982); \n\u2022\tLake Placid Olympic Training Center Fund (est. 1995); \n\u2022\tBreast Cancer Research and Education Fund (est. 1996); \n\u2022\tMissing & Exploited Children Clearinghouse Fund (est. 1997); \n\u2022\tAlzheimer's Disease Fund (est. 1999); \n\u2022\tProstate Cancer Research Fund (est. 2004); \n\u2022\tWorld Trade Center Memorial Foundation Fund (est. 2005); \n\u2022\tVolunteer Firefighting & EMS Recruitment and Retention Fund (est. 2009); \n\u2022\tTeen Health Education Fund (est. 2013); \n\u2022\tVeterans Remembrance & Cemetery Maintenance & Operation Fund (est. 2013);\n\u2022\tWomen's Cancer Education and Prevention Fund (est. 2015);\n\u2022\tHomeless Veterans Assistance Fund (est. 2015); and\n\u2022\tMental Illness Anti-Stigma Fund (est. 2015)\n\u2022\tAutism Fund (est. 2016)\n\u2022\tVeterans Homes Fund (est. 2017)\n\u2022\tLove Your Library Fund (est. 2018)\n\u2022\tLupus Education Contribution Fund (est. 2018)\n\u2022\tMilitary Families Relief Fund (est. 2018)\n\u2022\tCUNY Fund (est. 2018)\nPersonal income taxpayers may increase their final remittances or reduce their overpayments by the amount of their contribution.\nPlease see https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/voluntary_contributions.htm for description of each fund.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "describedBy": "https://data.ny.gov/api/views/sqz5-r286/columns.json", "describedByType": "application/json", "downloadURL": "https://data.ny.gov/api/v3/views/sqz5-r286/query.json?accessType=DOWNLOAD", "mediaType": "application/json"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "describedBy": "https://data.ny.gov/api/views/sqz5-r286/columns.xml", "describedByType": "application/xml", "downloadURL": "https://data.ny.gov/api/v3/views/sqz5-r286/export.xml?accessType=DOWNLOAD", "mediaType": "application/xml"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://data.ny.gov/api/v3/views/sqz5-r286/export.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD", "mediaType": "text/csv"}], "identifier": "https://data.ny.gov/api/views/sqz5-r286", "issued": "2020-08-03", "keyword": ["contributions", "income tax", "t&f revenue and collections", "voluntary"], "landingPage": "https://data.ny.gov/d/sqz5-r286", "modified": "2026-04-23", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "data.ny.gov"}, "theme": ["Government & Finance"], "title": "Personal  Income Tax Voluntary Contributions:  Beginning Fiscal Year 1983"}