<div dir="ltr">Thank you members for pushing this to prominence for clarification.<br><div><br>This issue was discussed at today's board meeting. A "donation" as a tax exemption must be just that, a donation with nothing received in return. Casino Night tickets do NOT qualify, as each ticket is good for poker chips, which do have value towards obtaining raffle prizes. Table sponsors and raffle prize donors DO qualify as they get nothing in return other than recognition of their donation. I suspect that some will consider it advertising, but I believe that for a business that is deductible too.<br><br></div><div>So get checks for tickets made out to Mendocino Rotary Club, whereas donations may be made out to Mendocino Rotary Foundation. Either way ALL CHECKS AND CASH GO TO HAROLD.<br><br></div><div>This will come up again this Thursday, see you then. Meanwhile, sell those tickets!<br><br></div><div>President John<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Donna Schuler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:schuler.donna@gmail.com" target="_blank">schuler.donna@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi everyone,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">The question came up at our table at last weeks meeting. "Who should I turn the money in to- for the ticket sales, Harold?"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">My recommendation is that if it is a check, or checks, mail to: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Mendocino Rotary Club</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">PO Box 102</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Mendocino, CA 95437</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">If cash, of course it will need to be given to Harold.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Another question that came up, " Who should they make out the checks to?" The answer is: Mendocino Rotary Foundation (which is a 501c3). Most everyone would like to make a donation with a tax benefit, so have them made out to our Mendocino Rotary Foundation.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Do you have thoughts regarding these questions? President John, can we bring up this topic for brief clarification at our next meeting? We finally have s system established for accepting checks for Rotary Park and the Foundation, and giving thank you notes in a timely manner. We could discuss, or maybe run a scenario, because I expect I'll hear some questions, such as how much of the funds raised from Casino Night are to go for various projects? I am wondering if we are going to use percentages.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Donna </div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr">Donna Schuler</div></div>
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