Leng Sopharath
I'm the guest blogger over at Katya Andresen's Getting to the Point Blog Nonprofit Marketing Blog this week. I'm talking about a real life personal fundraising campaign for the Sharing Foundation using the chipin widget. I'm looking for feedback, suggestions, and advice on how to do this!
This is uncharted territory. Think of me as one of your organization’s supporters who has grabbed your organization’s fundraising widget and set it up on my blog. What advice would you give to your supporters so they are successful in a group fundraising campaign. What do I need to think about? What is the checklist? What should I try doing? What internal issues does this bring up for you?
What a deal! I’ll make all the mistakes, potentially look stupid, and we’ll reap the benefits of learning together! And, if we're successful, we'll be sponsoring Leng Sopharath's education!
So go over the Katya's blog for the full context and thank you!
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How do the taxes work?
ChipIn Receipts for Contributions
Britt, According to our knowledge here's the view on receipts for nonprofit contributions: 1) The IRS does not require receipts for cash donations under $250.
2) For donations over $250 the receipt needs to record the donation amount, the date the donation was made, and the name of the charity.
ChipIn organizers are encouraged to put the name of the Charity as part of the description so that the receipt ChipIn emails you includes that information along with the date and donation amount.
Good questions ..
ChipIn's backend keeps a list of donors and email addresses. You can also customize the "thank you" message. This feature can be used to insert an organization's EIN number for tax-deduction purposes. The resulting email receipts could serve as proof of a tax-deductable donation.
I would hope that donation processing could be linked to the ngo's nfg account.
ChipIn is really nicely suited for informal projects and orgs that don't yet have tax deductible status.
Very cool!
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Good question Britt!
The answer to your first question is that ChipIn has a backend where you get contact information for people who gave the money and how much they donated. The second question is something you should pose over at Katya's blog.
I would hope that at some point the donations could be directly piped into (in my case) my NGO's network for good account.