It is the policy of the Governing Board that gifts, donations, and bequests from private funding sources for the benefit of Â鶹ÊÓƵ, be given or transferred to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Foundation.
District employees who solicit gifts or donations for District programs or activities shall request donors to make the gifts or donations directly to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Foundation, which shall consign or transfer the gift or donation to the District for distribution to the appropriate department, program, or activity in an expeditious manner. This shall also include all in-kind donations.
When donors request a tax identification number for purposes of acknowledgment and tax credit, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Foundation tax identification number shall be provided the donor. The gift or donation shall be given, or made payable, directly to the Foundation.
The Governing Board and/or the Hartnell College Foundation reserve the right to refuse to accept any gift which does not contribute toward the achievement of the goals of the District and/or the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Foundation, or the ownership of which would tend to deplete the resources of the District or the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Foundation.
The District and/or the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Foundation shall not assume any responsibility for appraising the value of gifts.
In no case shall acceptance and acknowledgment of a gift be considered an endorsement by the District or the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Foundation of a commercial product or business enterprise or institution of learning. The Foundation Office has established procedures for the implementationof this policy. The procedures are located in the Office of Advancement.