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  belindaesq : Peaceful Divorce, An Idea Whose Time Has Come

The most powerful fundraiser I have ever seen

belindaesq said Dec 1, 2006, 6:06 PM:

 

I have seen what mega churches are doing with the legal insurance I talked about in another topic in another pod. For every 50 families who buy the legal insurance and Identity Theft product ($36 per month in most states) the church gets $8,000. It occured to me that ANY 501(c)3 (official non profit group) could fight donor fatigue by getting their base (they need to have a large enough supporter base who would get the service) to buy something they need anyway and have the commissons donated back to the charity. The donor (who is the commission receiver) gets a tax deduction up to 50% of their adjusted gross income and the charity doesn’t have to report it as income. Of course this works very well in mega churches where the ministers tell the congregation to buy this so we can get the money. The members obey the pastor which is not always going to be the case with other kinds of charity groups but I have NEVER seen a more powerful way to raise money because it gets around the federal prohibition on exchanging goods or services for donations. It is a win/win for EVERYONE except Uncle Sam and isn’t it our duty to keep as much money out of the hands of the government as possible? They will only give it to Haliburton.
If your non profit needs money check out the family plan and ID Theft shield at
www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/brachman