Are there any restrictions to the donations that are received from the Groundswell Charitable Foundation?

Funds received from the Groundswell Charitable Foundation are made without Expenditure Responsibility (non-ER) - in other words, they are unrestricted and can be used as your organization sees fit. At times, some of Groundswell’s users may want to send a donation in someone’s memory, or tie their donation to a fundraiser (e.g. Cycle for Survival), so we may communicate that additional information to inform how you may decide to use the funds.

Groundswell’s donation acceptance criteria is communicated via PayPal Grants as well as enclosed with the paper checks:

• Grant proceeds will be exclusively used for charitable and educational activities consistent with all laws and regulations that apply to tax-exempt organizations;
• Your organization will not provide any goods, services, or other private benefits to the donor(s) who made this grant possible;
• Your organization’s tax-exempt status is in good standing with the IRS as a public charity
• Your organization does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.