To Include or Not to Include the FEIN ?

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Mary Fu
Mary Fu ✭
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in Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT®: General Discussion
Hello fellow RE peeps,



Is it best practice to include your organization's FEIN in gift acknowledgements/reciepts? Thoughts?



Thanks, in advance.



- Mary
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  • JoAnn Strommen
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    Ancient Membership Facilitator 4 Name Dropper Photogenic
    While the EIN is not considered 'sensitive information' and can be found in publications/on-line, I guess I'd wonder why include it.

    It's not required to include. 



    We don't include it.  I like to keep everything as simple and clean as possible.  My 2 cents...
  • Jen Claudy
    Jen Claudy ✭
    Tenth Anniversary Facilitator 4 Name Dropper Photogenic
    The donor doesn't need it to do their taxes, so I always wonder why some orgs include it.  I'm with JoAnn...don't see the need, don't include it on our letters.
  • Debra Holcomb
    Debra Holcomb ✭
    Tenth Anniversary Facilitator 2 Photogenic
    Because donors often ask for it, we include it with our tax-language and make it easily available on our website.  Some donors need it to apply for matching gifts.  I always want to make things as easy as possible for our donors so yes, we provide it, even though they don't all need it.  

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