Advice from R. Eric Thomas.
Published: 9 hours agoWe have a friend who fancies himself a filmmaker and has made several no-budget films. We have helped him out as performers and crew, and my husband, a professional film editor, spent several years working for no pay cutting and finishing two of them.
We won’t be contributing to his efforts but I am concerned that the same people are contributing money to him that they can ill afford, perhaps using those contributions toward their tax filing. I think playing the role of GoFundMe whistleblower is going to be more trouble than it’s worth, though. Your friends and the other donors were reading the same solicitation emails and attending the same screenings that you were. They can make their own judgments.
If a donor isn’t getting a tax receipt from a charitable organization – which GoFundMe does not provide – they’re going to have trouble getting it past their accountant.: A few weeks ago, my step-mother-in-law, whom I was very close to, passed away suddenly. My husband and I spent four days in the hospital with her as she died. Afterward, my husband got a call from my brother conveying his condolences and my sister only texted me a sad face.
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