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Oh, I wouldn't doubt that a gift of flowers could be appreciated by patients and so support the mission of the organization, whether or not there is a practice of giving flowers or indeed the wherewithal to do so customarily.

Organizations often benefit from gifts that support the mission in ways that they would not be in a position to accomplish in the absence of the gifts.

In any case, as Isaac notes, the receipt would describe but not value the gift, in the usual way of in-kind gifts, the value would probably be minimal, as John notes, but that would be the donor's issue (if indeed their circumstances place them among the few taxpayers situated to deduct charitable contributions).  You could, if you wanted, put the effort into determining a value for gift recording purposes, or perhaps not, and it's unlikely that the organization would record such a gift on the accounting side.

My US$0.02 worth; the usual disclaimers apply.

Good luck!

Alan

Alan S. Hejnal (he/him)

Data Quality Manager

Oh, I wouldn't doubt that a gift of flowers could be appreciated by patients and so support the mission of the organization, whether or not there is a practice of giving flowers or indeed the wherewithal to do so customarily.

Organizations often benefit from gifts that support the mission in ways that they would not be in a position to accomplish in the absence of the gifts.

In any case, as Isaac notes, the receipt would describe but not value the gift, in the usual way of in-kind gifts, the value would probably be minimal, as John notes, but that would be the donor's issue (if indeed their circumstances place them among the few taxpayers situated to deduct charitable contributions).  You could, if you wanted, put the effort into determining a value for gift recording purposes, or perhaps not, and it's unlikely that the organization would record such a gift on the accounting side.

My US$0.02 worth; the usual disclaimers apply.

Good luck!

Alan

Alan S. Hejnal (he/him)

Data Quality Manager

Oh, I wouldn't doubt that a gift of flowers could be appreciated by patients and so support the mission of the organization, whether or not there is a practice of giving flowers or indeed the wherewithal to do so customarily.

Organizations often benefit from gifts that support the mission in ways that they would not be in a position to accomplish in the absence of the gifts.

In any case, as Isaac notes, the receipt would describe but not value the gift, in the usual way of in-kind gifts, the value would probably be minimal, as John notes, but that would be the donor's issue (if indeed their circumstances place them among the few taxpayers situated to deduct charitable contributions).  You could, if you wanted, put the effort into determining a value for gift recording purposes, or perhaps not, and it's unlikely that the organization would record such a gift on the accounting side.

My US$0.02 worth; the usual disclaimers apply.

Good luck!

Alan

Alan S. Hejnal (he/him)

Data Quality Manager

Oh, I wouldn't doubt that a gift of flowers could be appreciated by patients and so support the mission of the organization, whether or not there is a practice of giving flowers or indeed the wherewithal to do so customarily.

Organizations often benefit from gifts that support the mission in ways that they would not be in a position to accomplish in the absence of the gifts.

In any case, as Isaac notes, the receipt would describe but not value the gift, in the usual way of in-kind gifts, the value would probably be minimal, as John notes, but that would be the donor's issue (if indeed their circumstances place them among the few taxpayers situated to deduct charitable contributions).  You could, if you wanted, put the effort into determining a value for gift recording purposes, or perhaps not, and it's unlikely that the organization would record such a gift on the accounting side.

My US$0.02 worth; the usual disclaimers apply.

Good luck!

Alan

Alan S. Hejnal (he/him)

Data Quality Manager

Oh, I wouldn't doubt that a gift of flowers could be appreciated by patients and so support the mission of the organization, whether or not there is a practice of giving flowers or indeed the wherewithal to do so customarily.

Organizations often benefit from gifts that support the mission in ways that they would not be in a position to accomplish in the absence of the gifts.

In any case, as Isaac notes, the receipt would describe but not value the gift, in the usual way of in-kind gifts, the value would probably be minimal, as John notes, but that would be the donor's issue (if indeed their circumstances place them among the few taxpayers situated to deduct charitable contributions).  You could, if you wanted, put the effort into determining a value for gift recording purposes, or perhaps not, and it's unlikely that the organization would record such a gift on the accounting side.

My US$0.02 worth; the usual disclaimers apply.

Good luck!

Alan

Alan S. Hejnal (he/him)

Data Quality Manager