Donating to charity

BlogPro said:

Remember, claiming that you're "donating X to Y Charity" - even with a disclaimer - requires regulatory confirmation from the charity.

If the charity is real close to you, you have absolutely no need to even make the above post. Just donate, claim deductibles and move on.

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Haha, see I just read the first post but exactly what I assumed.

If you truly want to do charity there is no need to talk about it. For obvious reasons, charities do not want to be used as bait for people claiming I will donate x% of sales to charity X. Now for smaller ones, likely they do not care, but when you look at the big ones (WWP being one of them) they will NOT collaborate with you on this, unless (and that is theoretical) your donations would be worth it to vet you.

BassTrackerBoats said:

Either give or don't give; the whole X amount of your dollars are going to charity is such garbage in my mind and we give a ton to charity.

We just don't give to those that want to toot their own horn.

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This i agree with! maybe my message sounded the wrong way, i dont want to toot my own horn. In london its normal to know a business donates to a charity. Maybe not state side tho or at least, not as required?

theRevolt said:

They certainly would not refuse a donation, unless you are looking for some sort of partnership or link.
You can donate on their webform, if you are legit and seriously facing an issue (weird though and very very unlikely) I can ask our project manager to reach out to the WWP folks we worked with.

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I will make donations as a few replies above recommended and then get back with WWP in the future about sometime further, but if it works with me just being able to donate manually then thats good enough for me.

CryptoSourcer said:

I suggest armymen, martyr's dependents and children.

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thank you! i will look at these charities, i appreciate the names

BlogPro said:

Remember, claiming that you're "donating X to Y Charity" - even with a disclaimer - requires regulatory confirmation from the charity.

If the charity is real close to you, you have absolutely no need to even make the above post. Just donate, claim deductibles and move on.

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That is fine, as in my last post, it's almost common in the UK to find any business who donates to charities with at least a logo, Even small businesses, at least from the business i run and the other entrepreneurs and business owners i know. I'll go with just donating as and when i hit certain pro-rota and go with it Super appreciative of the activity on this topic, it means alot!

Using a logo, or making donations on behalf of a customer ("$1 of your sale goes to blah"), implies official endorsement, which can be legally problematic for both sides, and bring negative PR against the charity if the business (or the owners) engage in any less-than-wholesome practices.

If your business is already bringing in enough sales to justify paying for specialized lawyers and accountants to set up such an arrangement, a partnership may be accepted, otherwise it would be best to stick with generic wording like "we support" and make the donations separately from any sale-based pledge.

With that being said, all of this is entirely separate from any tax breaks and public statements about donations the business has made. You are always free to mention past donations the business has made, but it has to be carefully worded to not imply that there is any official relationship with the charity or donation on behalf of the customer.