I am the team mom for a minor softball team. This is my first year doing this and I need to call local business for donations for trophies and the end of year banquet. I’m not sure how to ask for the donations. Do i call them? Write a letter? What is best?
What exactly should i say in the letter?
(LETTER)
Dear _____,
I am the team Mom for my daughters baseball team. We are looking for donations for _______. Any amount of money would be greatly appreciated. Thank you,
(Your name)
Contact Information:
Address:
Phone Number:
Team Name:
(PHONE CALL)
"Hi, my names _____. I am the team Mother of the ______ team. We are looking for donations to pay for _________. Any donations would help. Thank you. Have a nice day!" Or something like that.
(OTHER IDEAS)
*Bake Sale
*Garage Sale
*Have a cookout and sell hot dogs
*Have an auction
ex: Sell the team members- not like sell, sell them, but like sell them for one hour of gardening….
Good luck! If you don’t raise enough money, do something simple for the banquet, hot dogs, chips, ice cream…. And then the trophy’s aren’t that much.
Have fun! God Bless You!
Have a GrEaT day!
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If an non-profit organization accepts donations, can that money be legally deducted from a paycheck on a pre-tax basis? If this can be done, how would you file the income tax return so that you don’t claim it as a further deduction?
I have been doing payroll for 20 years and have never heard of this.
First, the money you donate to a charity is not exempt from Social Security and Med taxes so it could not be 100% tax free.
And if it could be done your W-2 would reflect a lower gross wage for your Federal. Then as for your tax return at the end of the year, you just don’t claim it. You can only claim donations if you itemize anyway, and unless you own your home, you probably can’t itemize.
Give because it is the right thing to do, not because you want a write off.
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okay so you see some sites that takes donations (money)
in other words. i just have one tiny question b/c i
am planning to do that. do you have to have a bank
account or a credit card to do that ?
Use paypal, and you’ll need a credit card and a bank acct. z
My business gets so many requests for donations, that I couldn’t possibly give to everyone. How do you politely refuse a request?
Don’t give promises . just reject them and you don’t have to be polite . you are the one working hard to have that money and you only give it to your workers who work hard for you as well . and if you asked yourself for a donation you will be surprised by how the people can be rude with you .
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Say I wanted to set up a venture that would collect and distribute funds to individuals or families who needed extra help in times of need. Are there tax implications for these types of donations (maybe a certain threshold whereby donations become taxable)? Is this legal? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
You can give money to anyone you want. In America, if you give more than $11,000 from one individual to another individual, then the donor has to pay gift taxes, but that’s it. That doesn’t sound like your problem. However, if you want the donations to be tax-deductible, then it would have to go through a tax-exempt charity. Rather than file IRS paperwork, which is expensive and time-consuming, and yo uhave to file tax forms called 990’s every year after that, just use a church or house of worship for your donations. You have donors write the check to the church, with the individual or family’s name in the memo, and the church cuts the check to the family. Talk to various churches, get the best deal you can (like, perhaps just a one-page agreement that you pick the families, they only take a small percent — perhaps 1-2% — for the bank fees), and that’s it. BTW, most donors don’t care about tax deductions, but some do.
It’s good that you’re warm-hearted and want to help people.
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When they say donations and home equity loans are tax deductible, what does this mean? Does a $1000 donation mean $1000 less federal income tax? Does $1000 paid in interest on a home equity loan mean $1000 less federal income tax?
No, these become part of your Itemized Deductions if you plan to itemize. The Itemized Deductions reduce your taxable income, which in turn decreases the amount of tax you would owe.
For example (all hypothetical numbers), if your gross income 20,000 and your itemized deductions are 6,000, then your taxable income becomes 14,000. And the tax is calculated off 14,000. (Of course there is still an exemption to account for, but that’s not what we are talking about).
Tax credits reduce your amount of tax directly. Deductions reduce your income. I hope this all makes sense.