Hi Pat, In our Hospitality and Other Special Payments <http://www.policy.umn.edu/prod/groups/president/@pub/@policy/@fi/documents/policy/hospitality_appb.pdf>policy, charitable contributions or donations are not allowed. The rationale is that the University is itself a charitable, tax-exempt organization, and should not make contributions to other charitable organizations. (Campus Life and Registered Student organizations which occasionally raise or collect funds for charitable purposes may continue to do so)
My department has collected for a charity but these are personal contributions and it isn't using University resources except minimally (space to hold the box where we're putting our canned goods for the Food Shelves, etc.) Thanks for asking, Michele On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 1:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, a question was posed to me today about the use of college > resources to promote a charitable event (selling daffodils for the American > Cancer Society, email blasts soliciting for your favorite charity, etc.) > Does anyone have such a policy or guidelines and if so, can you send them > to me. > Many thanks! > -pat > > *********************************** > Patrice DeCoster, M.S.Ed. > Chief of Staff > SUNY Empire State College > [email protected] > P: 518-580-2937 > F: 518-587-2886 > > ATTN: Please be aware that when you respond to an ACUPA-L e-mail, the > reply will be distributed to the ENTIRE e-listing of members. If you do NOT > want to send an e-mail to everyone, please reply directly to the individual > who initiated the query (their e-mail address appears in the "From" line of > their original e-mail). > > If you wish to remove yourself from the ACUPA e-mail list, please go to > this web address and fill out the form. We will remove you from the list > within 24 hours during normal business hours. > > http://www.acupa.org/MembershipForm_Discontinue.html > -- Michele Gross, Director University Policy Program University of Minnesota 356-1 McNamara, 200 Oak street Minneapolis, MN 55454 612-624-8081 http://policy.umn.edu/
