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Posted by David E. Ross on 02/18/06 19:52
Paul Turner wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am trying to setup a way that people can make donations to my
> girlfriend who is an aid worker in Africa. She is working for a large
> charity, but I would like a way to have the money go directly to her,
> so she can choose how it is spent in the village she works in.
>
> Paypal is very pricey and they take a big cut. some other companies
> say you have to a proper registered chairty, which she isn't herself.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas please? We just need a good cheap way that
> people can donate using cards.
You indicate your girlfriend is working through a Scottish charity. I
don't know the laws there.
In the U.S., donors cannot claim a tax benefit for donations to
individuals, only to organized charities. Even a donation to a charity
has not tax benefit if the donation is restricted to helping a specific
individual. The donation may be restricted to a specific program. If
the Internal Revenue Service determines that the program is targeted to
a specific individual, however, the tax benefit might still be disallowed.
In any case, online donation services charge a fee. The most
cost-effective means of collecting donations is by check. The use of
online services is only good for promoting donations where the donors
might be too lazy to write a check and mail it.
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