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Posted by Andrew on July 5, 2008, 9:51 am
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I am the newly appointed treasurer of a small, 501(c)(3) fitness/health
club - our account balance is never over $5K. Where can I read up on what
we must do when we receive a donation from one of our members? Typically,
it's a $2 or $5 gift. I know that I receive letters from charities when I
give money, but now that I am on the receiving side of the donation as
treasurer, what do I have to do? Is there an IRS publication that lists the
responsibilities from my point of view?
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Posted by AES on July 5, 2008, 1:41 pm
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> I am the newly appointed treasurer of a small, 501(c)(3) fitness/health
> club - our account balance is never over $5K. Where can I read up on what
> we must do when we receive a donation from one of our members? Typically,
> it's a $2 or $5 gift. I know that I receive letters from charities when I
> give money, but now that I am on the receiving side of the donation as
> treasurer, what do I have to do? Is there an IRS publication that lists the
> responsibilities from my point of view?
Find a local, much larger nonprofit with similar or encompassing
objectives (e.g., local YMCA, local senior center); negotiate a friendly
merger/absorption of your activities and group (and donations) into
theirs; and let their professionals handle the details?
(hopefully to the mutual benefit of both organizations?)
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Posted by dpb on July 5, 2008, 2:15 pm
Please log in for more thread options Andrew wrote:
> I am the newly appointed treasurer of a small, 501(c)(3) fitness/health
> club - our account balance is never over $5K. Where can I read up on what
> we must do when we receive a donation from one of our members? Typically,
> it's a $2 or $5 gift. I know that I receive letters from charities when I
> give money, but now that I am on the receiving side of the donation as
> treasurer, what do I have to do? Is there an IRS publication that lists the
> responsibilities from my point of view?
>
You could start at
http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=122670,00.html
I'm a little surprised the purpose of such an organization by its
description would be a 501(c)(3) rather than (4), but assuming you're
correct, the reporting requirement for charitable contributions to be
documented by the receiving organization for the deduction to be claimed
by the donor is only for those cash gifts of $250 or more for individual
gifts. Under that, other than for your internal bookkeeping, there's no
reporting requirement.
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Posted by Andrew on July 5, 2008, 11:34 pm
Please log in for more thread options dpb wrote:
> Andrew wrote:
>> I am the newly appointed treasurer of a small, 501(c)(3)
>> fitness/health club - our account balance is never over $5K. Where
>> can I read up on what we must do when we receive a donation from one
>> of our members? Typically, it's a $2 or $5 gift. I know that I
>> receive letters from charities when I give money, but now that I am
>> on the receiving side of the donation as treasurer, what do I have
>> to do? Is there an IRS publication that lists the responsibilities
>> from my point of view?
>
> You could start at
>
> http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=122670,00.html
>
> I'm a little surprised the purpose of such an organization by its
> description would be a 501(c)(3) rather than (4), but assuming you're
> correct, the reporting requirement for charitable contributions to be
> documented by the receiving organization for the deduction to be
> claimed by the donor is only for those cash gifts of $250 or more for
> individual gifts. Under that, other than for your internal
> bookkeeping, there's no reporting requirement.
Thanks to both replies. I found
http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=96102,00.html that explains it
pretty much.
(Yes, it's a 501(c)(3) ; we are part of a IRS group exemption and annually
get a letter from our 'home' office with the group exemption number listed
stating we continue to be covered by the group explicitly citing 501(c)(3)
status.) > --
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- Andrew
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Posted by D. Stussy on July 6, 2008, 12:15 am
Please log in for more thread options > Andrew wrote:
> > I am the newly appointed treasurer of a small, 501(c)(3) fitness/health
> > club - our account balance is never over $5K. Where can I read up on
what
> > we must do when we receive a donation from one of our members?
Typically,
> > it's a $2 or $5 gift. I know that I receive letters from charities when
I
> > give money, but now that I am on the receiving side of the donation as
> > treasurer, what do I have to do? Is there an IRS publication that lists
the
> > responsibilities from my point of view?
>
> You could start at
>
> http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=122670,00.html
>
> I'm a little surprised the purpose of such an organization by its
> description would be a 501(c)(3) rather than (4), but assuming you're
> correct, the reporting requirement for charitable contributions to be
> documented by the receiving organization for the deduction to be claimed
> by the donor is only for those cash gifts of $250 or more for individual
> gifts. Under that, other than for your internal bookkeeping, there's no
> reporting requirement.
Wasn't there a change effective for 2008 that indicates that all
contributions (including those under $250.00) required a receipt to be
deductible?
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