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  • 1.  Receipt and Ack handling for multiple stock transfers received over several days to fulfill 1st payment of pledge

    Posted 4 days ago

    Hi everyone, 

    I'm seeking your collective wisdom regarding a recent stock donation we received. An individual fulfilled their first pledge payment by donating stock through their organization, resulting in more than 200 individual securities received over four days. As is customary, the organization will be credited as the donor, while the individual will receive recognition. 

    Our usual process is to issue four separate receipts and acknowledgments-one for each day of transfers-with details of the security names and the number of shares. Given the unusually high volume of securities, I'm considering whether it would be helpful to include a consolidated list of all stocks and shares as a separate page with each receipt. Also, if requested, could we provide a single, comprehensive receipt instead of four individual ones? 

    As we prepare the acknowledgement for the individual, should we similarly include a detailed list of all the stocks received, or would it be appropriate to simply thank them for fulfilling the first payment of their pledge of $X through gifts of stock, without itemizing every security? 

    I'm curious how other organizations have managed similar situations and would greatly appreciate any advice or best practices this community can share. 

    Thanks,

    Susan

     



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    Susan Zavala
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    zavalas@mskcc.org
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  • 2.  RE: Receipt and Ack handling for multiple stock transfers received over several days to fulfill 1st payment of pledge

    Posted 4 days ago
    These are property gifts. Therefore you must provide a lost of all names and numbers of shares - no values. There is no reason you cannot provide one receipt with an attached list. However, if the securities were received on different days I would break that list down and group the securities by date received.

    John

    John Taylor Principal, John H. Taylor Consulting, LLC 919.816.5903 Big ideas; small keyboard





  • 3.  RE: Receipt and Ack handling for multiple stock transfers received over several days to fulfill 1st payment of pledge

    Posted 4 days ago
    I also wanted to ask about the "through their organization" comment. That's pretty irregular unless the organization is a private foundation. If the gifts came through a fiduciary or agent of the individual, the receipt should be in the name of the individual.

    John

    John Taylor Principal, John H. Taylor Consulting, LLC 919.816.5903 Big ideas; small keyboard







  • 4.  RE: Receipt and Ack handling for multiple stock transfers received over several days to fulfill 1st payment of pledge

    Posted 4 days ago

    Thank you so much for your guidance, John. The gifts did not come through a fiduciary or agent of the individual. 



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    Susan Zavala
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    zavalas@mskcc.org
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