Thank you for your interest in donating goods to Cradle of Liberty Council! Gifts-in-kind include donations of real estate or tangible personal property, including motor vehicles, land, antiques, rare books, art, equipment, inventory, livestock, and software that are voluntarily transferred by a donor to Cradle of Liberty Council. Gifts-in-kind may be accepted by COLC if they are going to be used or exhibited by the council or sold to provide funds for other purposes related to the council’s mission.
The Cradle of Liberty Council must approve all gifts of tangible property or real estate held for sale prior to acceptance. Gifts-in-kind accepted and held for sale are recorded at fair market value.
The Cradle of Liberty Council will not report a value for a gift-in-kind on a gift receipt. The COLC gift receipt will provide a description of the property received and the date of receipt. Donors are required to obtain substantiation of value to support any deductions taken on their personal tax returns.
A value, if any, may be noted for donor record keeping and recognition purposes only.
Donors of gifts-in-kind may be required to file Form 8283, Noncash Charitable Contributions, with their federal income tax returns. Cradle of Liberty Council will complete and sign the Donee Acknowledgement section of a Form 8283 provided to it by a donor. COLC is required in most cases to file Form 8282 Donee Information Return, with the Internal Revenue Service if gifts-in-kind are sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of within 3 years after the date COLC received the gift. COLC will give a copy of Form 8282 to the original donor.
If you are interested in contributing a gift in kind to Cradle of Liberty Council, please contact Brian Pinto, Chief Development Officer, at 484-654-9209, or brian.pinto@scouting.org.
The service center and scout shop will be closed due to the inclement weather on Thursday, February 6th.
Our staff will work from home, so please mail or call if you need help. You can find our staff at scoutingphilly.org/staff