The Types of Information We Need

As part of our due diligence process, we may contact organizations for several reasons.

For an organization to receive grants from the Gift Fund, we obtain:

• A federally issued 9-digit Tax Identification Number
• Legal name and mailing address
• A copy of the Letter of Determination, if we need to qualify your organization as an IRC Section 501(c)(3) public charity or private operating foundation

For a religious house of worship, we will ask for one of the following additional pieces of documentation:

• By-laws
• Certificate of tax exemption issued by the state the organization is in
• Articles of incorporation

We frequently need a fax number to provide information or forms to be completed and returned. It is not current Gift Fund policy to transmit or accept qualification information via email.

Please note that the Gift Fund Privacy Policy prevents us from providing details about a grant recommendation. We will not provide the name of the donor recommending the grant without the donor's express permission. When the grant check is sent, the charity will receive a letter providing those details as recommended by the donor.

Questions Related to "More Than Incidental Benefit"

All Gift Fund grants must be used exclusively for charitable purposes. We will often ask questions to ensure that no "more than incidental" benefits are received by the donor or any other person as a result of the Gift Fund grant.

See Working With Us to help our donors effectively support your organization.

Compliance with the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

When Gift Fund grants will be used by U.S. charities outside of the United States, the Gift Fund requires certification from the recommended grant recipient charity that the funds will be used in accordance with U.S. charity laws, for proper charitable purposes. These representations are provided to the Gift Fund using a form certification. An organization performs this certification by completing and returning a form letter that the Gift Fund provides.

In addition, when a recommended grant recipient charity intends to send funds to any foreign country or region that is subject to U.S. sanctions, we need a copy of the charity's OFAC-issued license, which permits it to engage in transactions with that country or region. Each organization seeking to fund charitable purposes in an OFAC-sanctioned country or region must first obtain from OFAC such a license.

Go to the U.S. Department of Treasury web site to learn more about OFAC.