Diane-
Attached is a copy of the language used at 37 different organizations which
participated in a survey I ran on stock receipting practices back in 2016
which may (or may not) be of use as a reference; in glancing quickly back
through I think I saw only 6 samples where the high and low values were
included in the receipt in addition to the total mean value [there are some
samples where only the count and type of securities are noted].
I couldn't get the archive search function to work in order to pull down a
copy of the actual summary of the survey, but if you are interested in
taking a look at that then feel free to contact me directly off list and
I'll dig that out of my own archives when I get home... :-)
Good luck and best regards,
Amy
Amy J. Phillips
Director of Advancement Services, Gift Acceptance
Division of University Advancement
The Catholic University of America
620 Michigan Avenue, E215 O'Connell Hall
Washington, DC 20064
Phone: 202-319-6919
Email:
phillipsajud@cua.edu
On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 12:52 PM John Taylor <
johntaylorconsulting@gmail.com>
wrote:
> When I am "forced" to provide a value for stock or cryptocurrency (also
> property), I use the following language:
>
> Thank you for your gift of X shares of Y stock, which we have valued for
> our internal purposes only at $Z as of MM/DD/YY. For tax purposes, you
> will want to seek guidance from a tax professional in determining your
> deductible amount.
>
>
> John H. Taylor
> Principal, John H. Taylor Consulting
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> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 12:46 PM Halverson, Michael <
mhalverson@luc.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> I agree with Aaron as well.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Michael Halverson, **Ed.D.*
>> Senior Director of Advancement Services
>> Loyola University Chicago
>> T. *312-915-7283 *| C. 320-363-4987
>>
mhalverson@luc.edu |
www.luc.edu/advancement
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Advancement Services Discussion List [mailto:
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FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG] *On Behalf Of *Rush, Tracy
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2019 10:25 AM
>> *To:*
FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG
>> *Subject:* Re: [FUNDSVCS] [External Email] Re: [FUNDSVCS] How to value
>> stock
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>>
>> Ditto what Aaron said…as it relates to publicly traded stock…
>>
>>
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FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG> *On Behalf Of *Forrest, Aaron
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2019 11:23 AM
>> *To:*
FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG
>> *Subject:* [External Email] Re: [FUNDSVCS] How to value stock
>>
>>
>>
>> Can you share the way you’ve worded it? Stock is a property gift and
>> donor must substantiate deduction, not you. Property receipts should only
>> reference the property donated. However, we have a sentence on stock
>> receipts along the lines of “for internal purposes we have valued your
>> stock donation at $X” which is fairly standard. This is needed because
>> often stock is used to pay pledge payments, and we need to keep track of
>> outstanding pledge balances for the donor.
>>
>>
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>>
>>
>> Aaron Forrest CPA
>>
>> Senior Director Gift and Donor Services
>>
>> University of Rochester Office of Advancement
>>
>> Larry and Cindy Bloch Alumni and Advancement Center
>>
>> 300 East River Road
>>
>> Rochester NY 14627
>>
>> Office 585.275.2799 / Fax 585-273-4558
>>
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aaron.forrest@rochester.edu
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FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG> *On Behalf Of *Diane Duquette
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2019 11:15 AM
>> *To:*
FUNDSVCS@LISTSERV.FUNDSVCS.ORG
>> *Subject:* [FUNDSVCS] How to value stock
>>
>>
>>
>> I have always given the donor the mean value, the difference in high and
>> low, as to their deduction. My boss says her non-profit accountant says I
>> can't say that to them. He says in the receipt letter I can only say thank
>> you for the number of shares and say what the high and low is but not say
>> mean value and not say what is deductible.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have been doing this for 20 years and am very frustrated. Will someone
>> tell me the correct way to say to donor what he has given and deductible
>> amount.
>>
>>
>>
>> My boss wants proof if I am right so she can show the accountant.
>>
>>
>>
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