Wondering how others are booking gifts that come in through third party pass-through companies - like Donor's Choose, Benevity, YourCause, etc. For our other donor advised funds we book to the foundation and then credit the donor. But in these pass-through situations, the donor is simply sending money using a processor. Do you still soft credit? Or book to the donor directly?
Hello, generally these types of donations are also made via DAF and not a "pass-through" situation. Benevity is simply the platform, for example, and this is from Benevity's website:
Foundation Partners
American Online Giving Foundation (AOGF) is a partner Donor Advised Fund that distributes donations on behalf of Benevity and its clients in the United States. For more information, please visit: http://www.onlinegivingfoundation.org/
You may want to look into the others also.
Anita is correct. Many of the larger entities distribute via a donor-advised fund and therefore are not considered tax-deductible for the donor, even though they came as a pass-through gift. They should be entered as a DAF and credited to the donor as such.