In
over 20 years of non-profit and museum work I have never seen bylaws that mention
a dollar amount expected to be donated by Board members. To my view this is
both highly impractical (why not an even $1,000 or $500) and pretty tacky. I
would never join a board with such by-laws. In fact, I don’t think that I would
work for an organization that had such bylaws—not a class act. This is particularly
regrettable in light of the name of your institution—The Pearl S. Buck House.
Ms. Buck was an excellent writer and a real classy lady, this provision in the
bylaws would have churned her stomach.
Board
members are assumed to be generous donors but that needs to be transmitted
informally and before someone is recruited for the board. The provision of a
dollar amount in the bylaws could also affect the tax deductibility of such “donation.”
A donation is a gift (freely given) not a membership charge (non-deductible,
except for a business).
PeacNick
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Subject: board donation
requirements
Just wondering if anyone with a non-profit status requires their
board of directors to give a certain dollar amount?
At my current institution, it is written into the by-laws...this
has recently been questioned as to whether that is appropriate (the amount is
$800 per board member) for the by-laws. I didn't feel that it was a
prohibitive amount nor did I feel that it was 'outrageous' to put it into the
by-laws - if it's only a suggestion how do you collect from board members?
Thanks.
Jill P. Dixon
Historic Site Director
The Pearl S. Buck House
520 Dublin Road
Perkasie, PA 18944-3000
215.249.0100 ext. 119
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