4 Dec
2011
4 Dec
'11
4:04 p.m.
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:10:44 -0500
From: Orin Nisenson <orin(a)nisenson.com>
To: organizers(a)sharedweight.net.
Subject: [Organizers] anonymous donations
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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
The method I use as treasurer for Lavender Country and Folk Dancers - 501(c)(3) - is to
enter it in the donors database which is kept on my personal computer and backed up in a
private place on the LCFD server that could be accessed by the WebMaster (currently me)
and also by one other person. Other board members do know of its existence. I believe it
is important that data like this not just reside on one person's computer in case of
serious illness, accident or death.
I think that organizations should make sure there is some method for getting access to
important information - and in particular financial information- in case the one person
keeping it is not available.