A hypothetical question.

So - a person makes a charitable contribution to a non-profit organization - a goodly sum -say $1000+

Said charity is known to publish all donations in their annual review.

Above donation is missed from the list of donors and upon questioning, the donors name is added post-haste.

Suppose the donors name is not correct?
Suppose the reason for donation is not right
Should the donor be asked if a tax-exempt receipt is required?

Asking for info for 2010 -2011 years stuff in the US.

All is just supposed,of course.

Not sure what you mean by tax-exempt receipt. I’m not a tax guy but my understanding is that a charitable contribution can sometimes be counted as a deduction from income for tax purposes, but it is not exempt. In any event, I think a profuse apology should be offered for the error, and a receipt for the deduction automatically given in all cases.

From the donor’s point of view, I would assume that in the event of an IRS audit, a copy of the canceled check would be ample evidence to prove the donation was made if the charity was non-cooperative about providing a receipt for some reason.

Oak,

Not sure if anything should be “by right” - maybe my poor wording - just wondering if, among my several questions, a tax receipt for my contribution should have been offered?

Where I am the receipt would be offered at the point of donation, not later - so inclusion or non inclusion in the published list would be irrelevant. In fact, I’d think such a thing could be a tax dodge of some sort if you used that as the basis for claiming tax relief.

And here, you get double relief for donating to registered charities (with a cap of course)

The hypothetical was a donation to a US charity. Donor has no standing in the US.
Question was for the status of the US charity.

I did indeed make a contribution to a US charity - but am not a usian.