{"id":4676,"date":"2014-10-21T15:39:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T19:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/?page_id=4676"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:40:47","slug":"donation-requests-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/about-us\/donation-requests-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Donation Requests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fitness and Recreation Center at Boston University is proud to assist a variety of nonprofit organizations and programs by supporting their educational, health and wellness initiatives. This support comes in the form of in-kind donations of classes, services and rental space used for charitable fundraisers. No financial contributions will be made.<\/p>\n<p>The Fitness and Recreation Center at Boston University accepts formal requests for donation to charitable fundraisers only from within the Boston University community or from local federally registered nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The following policies and procedures must be used for donation requests:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All requests must be submitted in writing on original nonprofit organizational letterhead. Phone requests are not considered.<\/li>\n<li>If a for-profit business or other group is running a fundraiser and donating the proceeds to a nonprofit organization, a letter on that charity\u2019s original letterhead must accompany the donation request under the same guidelines as below.<\/li>\n<li>Boston University student organizations without letterhead are encouraged to submit letters from their organization\u2019s president requesting a donation.<\/li>\n<li>Due to the high volume of requests, only completed requests received at least 8 weeks prior to an event will be considered.<\/li>\n<li>Donations must be used for fundraising purposes and should be returned if not used at specified event.<\/li>\n<li>Given the volume of requests, we cannot accommodate all requests.<\/li>\n<li>Each nonprofit organization is eligible for a donation once per calendar year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Guidelines checklist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each request must include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Formal request letter on the nonprofit organization\u2019s official, original letterhead<\/li>\n<li>Organization\u2019s mission statement and\/or one-page brochure<\/li>\n<li>Organization\u2019s website (if applicable)<\/li>\n<li>Organization\u2019s 9-digit federal tax-exempt ID number<\/li>\n<li>Type of fundraising event<\/li>\n<li>Event date\/brochure date<\/li>\n<li>Event solicitor\u2019s full contact information: name, affiliation, address, phone number, email<\/li>\n<li>Statement of the specific programs\/activities the event proceeds will benefit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To request a donation, please <a href=\"mailto:elewy@bu.edu\">email<\/a> your request or mail it on your organization\u2019s letterhead to:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boston University<br \/>\nFitness and Recreation Center<\/strong><br \/>\nAttn: Charitable Donations<br \/>\n915 Commonwealth Avenue<br \/>\nBoston, MA 02135<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fitness and Recreation Center at Boston University is proud to assist a variety of nonprofit organizations and programs by supporting their educational, health and wellness initiatives. This support comes in the form of in-kind donations of classes, services and rental space used for charitable fundraisers. No financial contributions will be made. The Fitness and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1841,"featured_media":0,"parent":27734,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4676"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37220,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4676\/revisions\/37220"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}