The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Does your ward have a Venmo account?
The member puts the cash or check into a gray envelope with a donation slip and hands it to a member of the bishopric. The donation is processed the same way any other contribution is processed using the normal deposit preparation procedures.
Actually, I was just kidding about Venmo. Our Young Women President tried that one on our bishopric a few weeks ago before our annual camp fundraising social.Jpingree wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 8:14 pm Thank you for your prompt reply.
No, our ward does not have a ward Venmo account. Just personal accounts.
100% agree. You do not want to be the one-in-a-hundred exception where there's a misunderstanding, miscommunication, or mishandling of donations, and there's questions about whether Church leaders were involved. There's certainly going to be at least one person at the fundraiser who wants to participate and realizes they do not have cash/check with them, and asks about electronic payment like Venmo. It may seem uncomfortable to ask them to go to the nearest ATM and withdraw cash, but that's much less uncomfortable than having to deal with cases where Church policy wasn't followed and "something happened".And following the normal donation procedures outlined in the General Handbook protects everyone
Absolutely, wholeheartedly. Hopefully, you won't be the one out of a hundred instances when questions regarding the role of Church authorities emerge as a result of a breakdown in communication or the improper administration of finances. If somebody wants to participate but doesn't have any cash or a check on hand, they can inquire about electronic payment methods like Venmo at the fundraiser. Asking someone to withdraw money from an ATM could be uncomfortable, but it's much better than dealing with "something happened" because Church regulation was ignored.lajackson wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 8:44 pmActually, I was just kidding about Venmo. Our Young Women President tried that one on our bishopric a few weeks ago before our annual camp fundraising social.Jpingree wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 8:14 pm Thank you for your prompt reply.
No, our ward does not have a ward Venmo account. Just personal accounts.
But everyone was cool about the donation envelope process. And following the normal donation procedures outlined in the General Handbook protects everyone. Some ward member is not holding a bunch of checks and cash so there can be no issue if any funds are lost. The two-person principle is honored as the bishopric and/or clerk prepare the deposit. There is a record of who donated. A very few members asked to donate anonymously and we told them just to leave their names off of the donation slip. We recorded the donations that way. Even the stake auditor who lives in our ward and attended the social was impressed.
The Handbook is your friend.
That is correct. Payments for camps (whether from fundraising or payments from the youth or families) must be made with check or cash to the ward (at least in the US and Canada). The Answers to General Questions section of the Donations help page (https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/too ... -Questions) explicitly answers this question.gjbower wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 3:11 pm This is an excellent discussion of the "manual" process where a check/money is provided with a donation slip. When the Clerk fills out the electronic donation slip in LCR there is an option for a "Budget" category that supports this seamlessly, but is there a way for the member to do this themselves using the electronic donation slip on line? In that case, the member's donation slip does not have a "budget" option so there does not seem to be an "online" option for members to make direct fundraising (e.g., camps, EFY, ect.) donations and must therefore utilize the "manual" process for all fundraising.