Aremonies donated to the Association tax deductible?
Yes! The Fr Koch Alumni Association has its own 501c(3); and all contributions are eligible for charitable tax deductions. 5. If the goals of the fund raising efforts of the Association and the Jesuit sponsored alumni association are the same, why have twoseparateentities. Answer: Many alumni have indicated that they do not feel comfortable with the limited charitable opportunities available to them in financially supporting student scholarship at Jesuit. Like most philanthropic endeavors,they have expressed the need to feel confident that the money they contribute is beingutilized for the purposessolicited. Additionally, some alumni feel uncomfortable soliciting their fellow alumni financially without the ability to directly supervise and ensure the management and distribution of those funds. This idea is best summarized by the following quote by Michael J. Fox speaking on his Parkinson funding appeal, “because if people are going to give money through me, then I have a real responsib
