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  • 1.  donor control over scholarship recipient choice

    Posted 07-03-2019 01:55 PM
    Hi All, I have an alumnus interested in creating an endowed scholarship. The issue is he wants his attorney and then a successor to be the ultimate decision maker on whom receives the scholarship each year. We are not agreeable to this. I know that the donor cannot choose the recipient, based on IRS regulations. Can anyone point me to IRS regulations or rulings that frown on a donor appointee choosing the recipient? I'd like to be able to provide this to the possible donor. Thanks and have a great holiday weekend. Michele Michele Abate Hufnagel '93 Associate Vice President, Development and Alumni Relations Washington & Jefferson College 60 S. Lincoln St. Washington, PA 15301 (724) 223-6503 fax (724) 223-5278