> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:10:44 -0500 > From: Orin Nisenson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]. > Subject: [Organizers] anonymous donations > Message-ID: <p06240802cb014a5edaa3@[192.168.1.47]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > 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.
