Hooray for donations to dance organizations!
Our series organization isn't a formalized group (so there's no actual budget
or minutes that anyone from outside is looking at.) And we're the same
committee members as originally started the series, so there hasn't been
turnover, or new members --- yet!
We were given an anonymous foundation grant in four separate years. The first
year, I (as the person contacted) was the only person who knew the individual's
name (the source of the foundation grant) but the other three committee members
knew the foundation name. In subsequent years, all committee members know the
individual, but we don't write it down anywhere. (Not that anyone but us reads
the minutes...) We haven't publicized it at all, but our fiscal agent does
also know of the grantor/grantee relationship we have w the foundation. (This
foundation asks for no public recognition, so there's no need to even tell
anyone we have received grants, although we do share it w some folks such as
other dance organizers.) In our own minds, we've used much of the funding for
outreach (school programs and other public offerings) but we credit our dance
organization as being the donor for those.
Chrissy
Belfast, ME
website www.chrissyfowler.com
dance series www.belfastflyingshoes.org
>
> Hi,
> At a recent board meeting the subject of how to handle
> anonymous donations came up. We are wondering how other
> organizations handle the issue of who on the board knows who the
> donor is. How do you record the information and where is that
> information stored so as to protect the anonymity of the donor?
> Thanks,
> Orin Nisenson
> Vice-Chair
> Friends of the Guiding Star Grange.
> PS: We are a 501(c)(3) organization
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