Giving tied to your catalogue or brand
Your catalogue and your name can fund the vehicle, but only if the giving is structured to stay a donation. Naming donations have been deductible since 2005, and a charity may acknowledge a donor by name or logo without that counting as a benefit. We keep your brand-linked giving on the right side of the line between acknowledgement and advertising.
Naming and acknowledgement
Naming donations, deductible since 2005, cover money given to name an IPC, its facility, an event, or a programme. Separately, a charity may acknowledge a donor by name or logo in its collaterals, banners, publications, and advertisements, without that acknowledgement counting as a benefit, provided it stays within the list IRAS publishes. We draft the naming agreement and the acknowledgement terms so the recognition you receive is the recognition IRAS allows.
Where the line is
The line between acknowledgement and advertising is the whole game. A transfer that buys stage presence, product placement, or anything with real commercial value stops being a donation. It becomes sponsorship: income to the charity, a business expense for the payer, and none of the 2.5 times arithmetic. One more limit cuts close to creators with international fans: giving to overseas causes is generally not tax deductible, so the vehicle has to decide whether the giving stays local before it is built. We keep the two lanes separate in the agreements, the receipts, and the returns.