Thank you John and Karry for the detail. In this instance, we received a check from Fidelity Brokerage with no other detail other than a reference to the individual constituent's name. From what John is telling me, it looks like I need to call Fidelity directly to confirm what this is.
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Molly Kaszuba
Senior Director of Advancement Operations
New York Law School
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-24-2025 11:50 AM
From: Karry Morton
Subject: receipts for brokerage accounts (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC for example)
Hi, we hard credit the donor for gifts that come from Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC or other like account holders as these are not from a DAF. Typically, somewhere on the collateral there will be something indicating it is an IRA or QCD. Our receipt language for these gifts is below.
We are writing to acknowledge that we received your gift directly from your IRA plan trustee/administrator in the form of check #0000 dated 00/00/0000 in the amount of $0.00.
We understand that it is your intention for all or a portion of your gift to qualify as a qualified charitable distribution from your IRA under section 408(d)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code In that connection, we warrant to you that our organization is qualified under section 170(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code and that your gift was not transferred to either a donor advised fund or a supporting organization as described in section 509(a)(3).
No goods or services were provided in return for this gift.
Please consult a tax advisor to discuss the income-exclusion aspects of your IRA distribution with respect to your income tax returns. If you have any questions, please call 000-000-0000 and ask for department name.
Karry Morton | Director, Gift Services
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Original Message:
Sent: 9/24/2025 12:11:00 PM
From: Molly Kaszuba
Subject: receipts for brokerage accounts (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC for example)
Hi Everyone,
How do you handle receipts for donations received from brokerage accounts? Our insitution hard credits whoever wrote the check, in this instance Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, and soft credits the individual. I have a donor requesting a receipt with the tax language for their gift which came through Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC. I do not have confirmation if it was an IRA QCD. I have sent them an acknoweldgment for this gift, but they are not satisfied with that and their tax accountant is asking them for a receipt. Fidelity Brokerage is not the donor advised fund like Fidelity Charitable. This is just the brokerage account.
Thanks for your guidance as always!
Molly
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Molly Kaszuba
Senior Director of Advancement Operations
New York Law School
molly.kaszuba@nyls.edu
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