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	Financial & Legal Documents
	NHF's Articles of Incorporation [print version]
	NHF Bylaws [print version]
	IRS Final Determination Letter: You may use this as proof of NHF's 501(c)(3) tax status.
	NHF Annual Report - 2007: [by request] Due to the large size of this file, please send an email to foundations@nhf.org if you would like us to send you a condensed copy of the Annual Report via email or a full paperback version via regular mail.
	Financial Statements & IRS Form 990s: Annual IRS returns of organization income tax exemption.
	Circumstances That May Cause Termination: [print and send version] Review the circumstances that would cause NHF to close a Foundation at NHF.
	Foundation Investments & Donor Relationship: Review NHF's policies on the investment/donor relationship.
	Investment Policy: Review NHF's policies on investments in general.
	Guidelines for Acceptance of LLC's/Ltd. Partnerships: Information on the NHF guidelines regarding the acceptance of interests in LLC's and Limited Partnerships.
	Helpful Information Regarding Donations
	IRS Publication 526: [print version] Describes deduction limits and contributions you can or cannot deduct.
	IRS Publication 1771: [print version] Explains the federal tax law for organizations that receive tax-deductible, charitable contributions and for taxpayers who make contributions.
	IRS Publication 561: [print version] Explains the acceptance of non-cash gifts and fair market value.
	IRS Rev. Proc. 90-12 - Deductibility of Gifts when Donors Receive Something in Return: These IRS guidelines provide charitable organizations with help in advising their patrons of the deductible amount of contributions when the contributors are receiving something in return for their contributions. These guidelines will also be used by agents in determining whether charities have provided accurate information about deductibility to their contributors.

 

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NOTICE TO VENDORS, CONTRACTORS, AND LENDERS:

Only specifically authorized employees of National Heritage Foundation have power to commit NHF to any business transaction or contract. The foundations at NHF do not have independent legal status. They are internal divisions of NHF formed to carry out the many charitable, religious, and educational projects of NHF. The foundations are not agents of NHFand have no power to bind it. The foundations of NHF do not have officers, directors, or employees. Only NHF has officers, directors, and employees.

Accordingly, no foundation at NHF has the power or capacity to enter into any business transaction or contract. Only NHF, which is a Georgia non-profit corporation, has such power which is exercised only by and through its specifically authorized employees.

Therefore, the only obligations which NHF recognizes as binding on it are those which result from the acts of its duly authorized employees. We are pleased to identify them upon request.

Please be advised that if you provide goods or services, advance credit, or make a loan to a foundation at NHF, you accept the risk that NHF will disavow any responsibility for either the invoice or loan.