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Types of Records Required to be Maintained by Committees

Contributions Received

  • Deposit records such as copies of contribution checks and deposit slips.
  • Contributor-related correspondence, including response cards to fundraising events and any worksheets used in computing the contributions received.
  • Daily lists of contributions received.
  • List of contributor names and contribution amounts raised for each fundraising event.

Loans Received

  • Loan agreements.
  • Checks received.
  • Records of outstanding balances.

Non-monetary Contributions

  • Letters from contributors valuing the non-monetary contributions.
  • Committee prepared documentation of non-monetary contributions.

Expenditures

  • Canceled checks.
  • Invoices and receipts.
  • Contracts with consultants, employees, and vendors (i.e., for professional services received, office space rental, and purchase of supplies/products).
  • Petty cash records (i.e., receipts, invoices, petty cash register).
  • Payroll records.

Miscellaneous

  • Bank statements (including bank statements for the months preceding and following the audit period).
  • Check register.
  • Samples of all mass mailings sent, including dates mailed and number of pieces mailed.
  • Transcripts of any recorded telephone message and a record of the number of calls made for each recorded message.
  • Correspondence to/from contributors and vendors.