Donor
Recognition and Donation/Account Confidentiality
Pomona College acknowledges donations with gift receipts and
letters of thanks. Donors may also be recognized, unless
anonymity is requested,
through publications (including but not limited to an annual honor
roll of donors, specialized campaign or development
newsletters, alumni-centered periodicals such as Pomona
College Magazine, etc.).
Normally, the College shares the names
of donors who contribute to memorial funds with the family
members and friends associated with those accounts so that
they may offer additional gift acknowledgements. In such
cases, the College does not disclose the amount of
donations with a deceased donor's spouse or descendants.
Rather, the College will treat donation amounts and endowed
or restricted account balances as information to be kept
confidential among the College, the donor and anyone whom
the donor designates as an official contact.
Should an external third party or organization request
information about a donor, account, recipient or usage, the
College is not obligated to act as an intermediary between
the donor and the third party.
When donors to Pomona College request anonymity, the Institutional Advancement and Business
offices
will keep a record of the donor for legal and administrative
purposes, and may chose to share that information internally
for stewardship or administrative purposes. The information
will not be released externally or publicly.
Any public reference to the gift will list the donor as
“Anonymous.” Upon the death of an anonymous donor, the
College may, if in keeping with the donor's wishes, share information
about the donation with the deceased’s counsel and/or
immediate family solely for administrative or legal
purposes.
Fund Usage, Recipient Recognition,
and Confidentiality
The use of funds given to benefit the operations of the
College, its departments, any institutions affiliated with
the College (such as the Pacific Basin Institute or Honnold
Library), or any of its faculty or staff will be considered
to be public information for which the College and any of
its constituents may be held accountable, unless a donor has
specifically stipulated that such information should not be
made available. Likewise, the recipients of such funds will
also be considered public information unless otherwise
restricted by a fund’s donor.
The availability of funds given in support of student
financial need—such as scholarships, loan funds, and some
prizes—will be regarded as a matter of public record;
however, the recipients of need-based funds will be
considered confidential information.
Upon receipt of a scholarship, the recipient will be asked to sign a consent form
authorizing Pomona College to release his or her name and
the amount of his or her award to the donor and/or donor
contact as a condition for accepting the award. This
information will not be made available to anyone external to
the College without the expressed consent of the donor and
recipient.
The College may release general information about
need-based financial aid (such as number of
students aided and aggregate amount awarded) for stewardship
and administrative purposes, so long as donation and
recipient confidentiality are not compromised.
Recipients of merit-based awards will be considered a
matter of public record unless otherwise requested by either
the donor or recipient.
Office of Donor Relations
Pomona College
550 N. College Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
donor.relations[at]pomona.edu
Donald Pattison, Director
Alexander Hall 239
T: (909) 621-8430
F: (909) 607-0879
Connie Schmitz,
Assistant Director
Alexander Hall 244
T: (909) 607-0919
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