They are not gifts as they are contractually required. You certainly can
track them in some other way but I think it is quite important to clearly
distinguish between pure philanthropy and that which is mandated by
contract.
John
John H. Taylor
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On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 9:25 AM Carolyn Moatz <
0000004188cfd074-dmarc-request@listserv.fundsvcs.org> wrote:
> I work at a system of schools, and we get checks from our uniform company
> that are a commission on the uniform sales made from each of our schools.
> Some of the development directors have been entering these as gifts, while
> other schools have just been putting them in as miscellaneous income.
> Finance does not want us to enter them as gifts, but we want to make sure
> we steward the company properly, as they do make straight gifts to several
> of our schools. Are these gifts? Should we track them in our donor database
> with a code that it is not a charitable gift? Should we just make a note in
> the company’s record so we know about the additional money sent, but not
> count it at all towards fundraising totals? Or can these be considered
> gifts?
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