hmmm;132273 wrote: I would really like info on this. Also about using PTO funds for purchasing flowers for staff family member funerals, staff surgeryhospital stays, etc.
Info from where? if you want to read about 501(c)3 status, read it on www.irs.gov
and ask a CPA to help you decipher law.
We use our own personal money to purchase gifts for those people that are very active PTO members (officers or not) and present them at the last meeting of their child's 5th grade year.
I would really like info on this. Also about using PTO funds for purchasing flowers for staff family member funerals, staff surgeryhospital stays, etc.
We have had a discussion on this topic at one of our board meetings, and our treasurer indicated that giving gifts to board members was in violation of some part of the 501(c)(3) tax code, and could be grounds for revocation of tax exempt status. Does anyone know about that?
I'm with you hmmmm. Just doesn't brief right to me if I have to stand up and discuss...I also don't know who I would give a gift to and who I wouldn't give a gift to...8 hours of volunteer time, vice 10 hours of volunteer time. I just personally buy something and give it to those folks I know have made my job easier.
We DO buy bobcat bags and give them to our children that have been hurt and in the hospital for at least one overnight stay. But that criteria is very specific and meant to help that child get back into the swing of things.
Are there really PTO's that spend their funds on such things as baby gifts and such? Where do you draw the line and keep from hurting feelings? I just think I would be upset if I knew I was donating my money to my PTO to help the students and found out it had been used to purchase a baby gift. I'm not saying the officers shouldn't buy gifts with their personl money if they want to, just that it seems to me that other than education related events such as teacher appreciation week, PTO funds should not be used for such things. Seems like personal items to me. Again, may be because it so hard for our little school to raise funds and probably 50% of our students receive free/reduced lunches. As a PTO officer, I would feel horrible using the parents donations for such items, especially, when our school needs so many things like library books, playground equipment, and other classroom needs. O well, I guess if your PTO has the funds and the members don't complain, then it's ok.
