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Good afternoon,

We're anticipating a gift from the German Consulate and I want to confirm how we treat it.  Everything I've read in CASE says that gifts from foreign governments can be counted as charitable provided there's charitable intent and we retain control over the use of the funds, and that since this is expected to be less than $250,000 there's no additional reporting requirement – correct?

Thank you,

Betsy

Betsy E. Jerram Melanson, JD

Assistant Director of Gift Management

Advancement Operations

+1 603 862 2100 (office)

University of New Hampshire

9 Edgewood Road, Durham, NH 03824

unh.edu

Good afternoon,

We're anticipating a gift from the German Consulate and I want to confirm how we treat it.  Everything I've read in CASE says that gifts from foreign governments can be counted as charitable provided there's charitable intent and we retain control over the use of the funds, and that since this is expected to be less than $250,000 there's no additional reporting requirement – correct?

Thank you,

Betsy

Betsy E. Jerram Melanson, JD

Assistant Director of Gift Management

Advancement Operations

+1 603 862 2100 (office)

University of New Hampshire

9 Edgewood Road, Durham, NH 03824

unh.edu

Right, but in section 6.2.6 Government Funds it states: "Funds from government sources may not be counted as charitable support. This includes funding from local municipalities, counties, states, provinces, federal government and sovereign tribal nations in which the institution is domiciled." That reads to be me like it's only the funds from the home government of the organization, no? 

Good afternoon,

We're anticipating a gift from the German Consulate and I want to confirm how we treat it.  Everything I've read in CASE says that gifts from foreign governments can be counted as charitable provided there's charitable intent and we retain control over the use of the funds, and that since this is expected to be less than $250,000 there's no additional reporting requirement – correct?

Thank you,

Betsy

Betsy E. Jerram Melanson, JD

Assistant Director of Gift Management

Advancement Operations

+1 603 862 2100 (office)

University of New Hampshire

9 Edgewood Road, Durham, NH 03824

unh.edu

Right, but in section 6.2.6 Government Funds it states: "Funds from government sources may not be counted as charitable support. This includes funding from local municipalities, counties, states, provinces, federal government and sovereign tribal nations in which the institution is domiciled." That reads to be me like it's only the funds from the home government of the organization, no? 

Good afternoon,

We're anticipating a gift from the German Consulate and I want to confirm how we treat it.  Everything I've read in CASE says that gifts from foreign governments can be counted as charitable provided there's charitable intent and we retain control over the use of the funds, and that since this is expected to be less than $250,000 there's no additional reporting requirement – correct?

Thank you,

Betsy

Betsy E. Jerram Melanson, JD

Assistant Director of Gift Management

Advancement Operations

+1 603 862 2100 (office)

University of New Hampshire

9 Edgewood Road, Durham, NH 03824

unh.edu

Well, they failed at being clear.  Thanks for the information.

Right, but in section 6.2.6 Government Funds it states: "Funds from government sources may not be counted as charitable support. This includes funding from local municipalities, counties, states, provinces, federal government and sovereign tribal nations in which the institution is domiciled." That reads to be me like it's only the funds from the home government of the organization, no? 

Good afternoon,

We're anticipating a gift from the German Consulate and I want to confirm how we treat it.  Everything I've read in CASE says that gifts from foreign governments can be counted as charitable provided there's charitable intent and we retain control over the use of the funds, and that since this is expected to be less than $250,000 there's no additional reporting requirement – correct?

Thank you,

Betsy

Betsy E. Jerram Melanson, JD

Assistant Director of Gift Management

Advancement Operations

+1 603 862 2100 (office)

University of New Hampshire

9 Edgewood Road, Durham, NH 03824

unh.edu

Well, they failed at being clear.  Thanks for the information.

Right, but in section 6.2.6 Government Funds it states: "Funds from government sources may not be counted as charitable support. This includes funding from local municipalities, counties, states, provinces, federal government and sovereign tribal nations in which the institution is domiciled." That reads to be me like it's only the funds from the home government of the organization, no? 

Good afternoon,

We're anticipating a gift from the German Consulate and I want to confirm how we treat it.  Everything I've read in CASE says that gifts from foreign governments can be counted as charitable provided there's charitable intent and we retain control over the use of the funds, and that since this is expected to be less than $250,000 there's no additional reporting requirement – correct?

Thank you,

Betsy

Betsy E. Jerram Melanson, JD

Assistant Director of Gift Management

Advancement Operations

+1 603 862 2100 (office)

University of New Hampshire

9 Edgewood Road, Durham, NH 03824

unh.edu