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  • 1.  Gift In Kind - language check

    Posted 4 days ago

    Hello all,

    I hope everyone is surviving the end of year flurry of last minute, urgent, VIP requests!  I am second guessing myself and am looking to you all for reassurance.  I have been asked to produce a gift in kind acknowledgment for art that has been donated.  I know I can only acknowledge that we received the piece and should not provide any value.  I am being asked to include the below language in the acknowledgment: 

    (i) effectively states whether any goods or services were provided in the
    exchange (ii) states the donation is an unconditional gift
    (iii) recites no consideration received in the exchange
    (iv) contains a provision stating that the deed is the entire agreement of the parties. 

    I've never been asked for the above before.  Is this information I can include in the letter?

    Thank you infinite hive-mind of wisdom!

    Happy Holidays everyone,

    Molly



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    Molly Kaszuba

    Executive Director of Advancement Operations
    New York Law School
    molly.kaszuba@nyls.edu
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  • 2.  RE: Gift In Kind - language check

    Posted 4 days ago
    If all those additional statements are true and defensible, there's no reason you cannot include them - although I cannot imagine why they need to be included (unless the donor has requested it)!

    Always make sure you fully comply with IRS Publication 1771. And remember that the receipt is a legal document. So, any wording beyond what 1771 stipulates should be approved by Counsel.

    John

    John H. Taylor, Principal
    John H. Taylor Consulting, LLC
    2604 Sevier Street
    Durham, NC     27705

    919.816.5903 (cell/text)

    Serving the Advancement Community Since 1987






  • 3.  RE: Gift In Kind - language check

    Posted 4 days ago

    Thank you John for the reassurance!

    Happy holidays!



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    Molly Kaszuba

    Executive Director of Advancement Operations
    New York Law School
    molly.kaszuba@nyls.edu
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