Draft Gift Receipts to Provide Your Donors

There are some required elements you always need to include when writing your donation receipts. In the United States, generally, you’ll need to follow additional legal requirements:

• Name of the organization to which the donation has been made 
• Name of the donor 
• Amount of cash contribution 
• Description (but not value) of any non-cash contribution (if applicable)
• A statement that the organization provided no goods or services (if applicable)
• Description and good faith estimate of the value of goods or services, if any, that the organization provided in return for the contribution
• A statement that any goods or services that the organization provided in return for the contribution consisted entirely of intangible religious benefits (if applicable)
• Take a look at the IRS website for more information

A charity must provide “contemporaneous written acknowledgment” (CWA) to the donor, so the donor may be able to substantiate the gift.

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