A Guide to Writing a Gift Acceptance Policy

Some gifts-in-kind may be more trouble than they’re worth, or a gift with unusual restrictions may conflict with your fundraising goals.

Not only will a set of gift policies be helpful for making decisions within the organization, they can also be used to communicate and clarify gift expectations to potential donors.

What’s Included:

This free guide outlines the need for and variety of uses for a gift policy, and also includes a detailed sample gift acceptance policy, covering subjects such as:

• Use of legal counsel
• Conflicts of interest
• Types of gifts accepted
• Gift restrictions
• Gifts of real property
• And much, much more