how to make a donation in the name of a deceased member

3 postsstarted by sungti 2017-12-31 18:57 UTC1,056 viewsoriginal topic

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#1
2017-12-31 18:57 UTC

A non-member husband wants to make a donation in the name of his deceased wife who was a member. Since her death was reported, her record is no longer available. How can we accept, record, and provide a statement for tax purposes? His/her daughter is also in our ward.

russellhltn

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#2
2017-12-31 19:07 UTC

I wasn't aware that MLS "closed" the donor record of someone who is deceased/no longer in the ward. I'd make sure you can't add the donation to that member first.

Failing that, you might try creating a new non-member record in the name of the husband and then merging the donors. If you can't merge, then I think you're stuck unless CHQ has some magic.

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lajackson

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#3
2017-12-31 19:43 UTC

sungti wrote:A non-member husband wants to make a donation in the name of his deceased wife who was a member.

I would suggest that since he is making the actual donation you might record it in his name. When you print the statement for tax purposes, have the bishop write a note thanking him for his thoughtful/generous/whatever donation in behalf of his wife, since there is not a way to generate that on the printout.