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Gifts of what?  Money, collections, real estate/land, items to sell, office furniture, services...?  I've accepted or declined all in my career.

Thanks,

Steve 

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Steven Miller
Executive Director
Boscobel House and Gardens
Garrison NY

Christine,

I've attached the document that we've developed here which encompasses acceptance of various types of gifts.  I hope it's helpful.

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Kelly Ritrievi JD
Director of Development
Salvador Dali Museum
St. Petersburg FL

Hello Christine. I'd suggest that you look at the model standards on the PPP website Guidelines for Reporting and Counting Charitable Gifts

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Guidelines for Reporting and Counting Charitable Gifts To read an Executive Summary of the revised Guidelines for Reporting and Counting Charitable Planned Gifts, click here. To read the full text, click here. View this on Pppnet >

and/or the standards from CASE if you've got a colleague nearby in higher education. We encourage our clients to work with the finance or development committee to customize the standards for their institution's needs. That way, board members understand and "own" the policy. Also, if you are a collecting institution, take special care about your policy for accepting items that will (or won't) be accessioned into the collection, as the "related use" may affect the donor's tax consequences. 

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Laura MacDonald
President
Benefactor Group, LLC
Columbus OH