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Good morning, How many of you have on-campus public radio stations and are treating their underwriting payments as a charitable contribution? I have been researching this, and I am leaning towards that we can count them. I have searched the archives for past discussion and am not coming up with a clear yes or no that this is allowed. Thanks. Colleen Colleen Hobson Senior Director Advancement Services Utah State University Tel: 435-797-1285 Fax: 435-797-1364

When I used to work in public radio (WBFO-Buffalo), our underwriting payments were always charitable contributions. Obviously you have to follow all of the guidelines to not cross over into "advertising" territory, but that is why we call it "underwriting." Amy L. Roberts Director, Advancement Services New York Medical College 40 Sunshine Cottage Rd. Valhalla, NY 10595 (914) 594-2729 www.nymc.edu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3D001oGlEQ1G4zzRxForsSUIWY4NflAGTDn0gePeRGW8KW1T-5Ftoc8jBJZls9B74bTtpm6LzdASGWcR9ZqFwo6Sec92kYul7JjUrPPFiKgUaxAzswuLh6ycxGD5YGBtTJogOgnQJ9MgP23whULXlx0zzwgJWrL7cjpXc9T-26c-3Dd8GWN4y14YLeobTm-5Fx8NDGgFpbkb7tcRCNueJO1axXfXBCxOJMtDyg-3D-3D-26ch-3DSn5amcHnH-2DTakj-2Dt5bHmSuSiQybk7vi8SvKZjQMW6EPikVFNp1uwxg-3D-3D&d=DwMFaQ&c=A51OX6aSaU1ywwq_3bUC2Q&r=eUv_q5ba1dsjbL2L35nFzQ&m=o7f8Yxa12MSchJeMsyqS38GhFGyTocCBiHG8KGY9_NU&s=zkTOncCfizFh49Kvc43alkCJuymntLi2tbX8xf3vXks&e=> [http://files.constantcontact.com/0ffbbc2c401/8b10f671-aa77-4cc6-bca9-7abdd7d868ad.jpg] From: Advancement Services Discussion List <FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG> On Behalf Of Colleen Hobson Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 12:01 PM To: FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG Subject: [FUNDSVCS] On Campus Radio Station Underwriting Good morning, How many of you have on-campus public radio stations and are treating their underwriting payments as a charitable contribution? I have been researching this, and I am leaning towards that we can count them. I have searched the archives for past discussion and am not coming up with a clear yes or no that this is allowed. Thanks. Colleen Colleen Hobson Senior Director Advancement Services Utah State University Tel: 435-797-1285 Fax: 435-797-1364

Colleen, We have that here at Syracuse. We keep the underwriting grants in a separate chartstring from regular donations from supporters, but they do go on as a charitable contribution (as long as they're not advertising). --Jodie Jodie M. Ralston Executive Director Advancement Services T 315.443.1718 F 315.443.2874 jralston@syr.edu<mailto:jralston@syr.edu> Syracuse University From: Advancement Services Discussion List <FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG> On Behalf Of Colleen Hobson Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 12:01 PM To: FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG Subject: [FUNDSVCS] On Campus Radio Station Underwriting Good morning, How many of you have on-campus public radio stations and are treating their underwriting payments as a charitable contribution? I have been researching this, and I am leaning towards that we can count them. I have searched the archives for past discussion and am not coming up with a clear yes or no that this is allowed. Thanks. Colleen Colleen Hobson Senior Director Advancement Services Utah State University Tel: 435-797-1285 Fax: 435-797-1364