Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  Of course! Our friendly and knowledgeable customer services reps are available to answer your questions Monday through Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Do my materials need to be reviewed by you before printing?

Yes. All press releases, pitch letters, printed, or electronic advertisements must be submitted to the SDR World Relief staff for review and approval before they are made public. Please submit them to sdrworldrelieffoundation.org

Is there any reimbursement for my fundraising expenses?

SDR World Relief Foundation is not able to reimburse your fundraising expenses. To keep your expenses down, consider asking local businesses to sponsor your event or provide in-kind donations. Please be aware of the SDR World Relief Corporate Gift Acceptance Policy

Can I hold a raffle or an auction?

Regulations for raffles and auctions differ from state to state. Before organizing one, please check with your State Attorney General’s Office for your state’s regulations.

 FAQs: Fundraising for SDR World Relief 

Can I mail a cash donation with a donation form?

For the security of the donations, we strongly urge you not to mail in cash donations.  If you receive cash, please convert the cash to a cashier's check or a money order and mail it with a completed donation form. Please be sure to include the donor's personal information on the donation form so that an accurate receipt can be generated for tax purposes. Please do not deposit the cash into your own account and write a check for that amount; the IRS regards this as income and in addition, if a check is written from your account, your donor won’t receive a tax receipt. It isn't possible to have a check written from your personal account credited to another donor. However, if you have several cash donations from different donors and want to convert them to one check, you can accompany one cashier's check with multiple donation forms to indicate the amount that each donor contributed. Each donor will receive a tax receipt for the amount specified on their donation form.

Where do I mail donation checks?

Sandra Richardson

Fundraising Events Manager

SDR World Relief Foundation

7909 Walerga Road, Suite 112-202

Antelope CA  95843

To whom should I make out my check?

Please make all checks payable to: SDR World Relief Foundation

What if a check is made out to me and not SDR World Relief Foundation?

If a donor makes the check out to you, simply endorse the check with your signature and "Payable to SDR World Relief Foundation" and submit it with the donation form. Please note that the account holder on the check will receive the tax receipt from SDR World Relief Foundation.

How will you know that a donation is from my event?

If a donor makes the check out to you, simply endorse the check with your signature and "Payable to Doctors Without Borders" and submit it with the donation form. Please note that the account holder on the check will receive the tax receipt from Doctors Without Borders.
 

How will you know that a donation is from my event?

The only way we know that a mail-in contribution was made on your behalf is if the donor has placed your name on the memo line of their check, or attached the donation form to their check. Please ask them to clearly mark on the donation form that the donations is in support of your fundraising page.

We do not recommend this method. If you collect all of the donations and deposit them into your account so that you can write one check, two things will happen:

1. Since the check is from your account, your donors will not receive a tax receipt from Doctors Without Borders.
2. The IRS will consider that deposit income in your account and you could be taxed on the amount.