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While the resources we offer are free, we rely on your support and donations so that we can continue to create and provide quality services for you, or a family member, living with a life-threatening illness or loss.

Code of Fundraising Accountability

Hospice Northwest Services, Charitable #11118871011RROOI, adheres to the following policies in its fundraising activities:

Use of Funds

1. All donations will be used to further the mission of Hospice Northwest Services.
2. All designated donations will be used for the purposes for which they are given; alternative uses will be negotiated with the donor if necessary due to program or organizational changes.
3. Hospice Northwest Services’ financial affairs will be conducted in an effective and responsible manner, in accordance with accepted principles of financial management, accounting procedures, and operational policies.
4. The amount spent on administrative costs, including fundraising, will be equivalent to or less than legal limits.

Donors' Rights

1. All donors are entitled to receive a charitable donations tax receipt.
2. Donors and prospective donors will never be subjected to coercion or undue pressure.
3. Donors will be encouraged to seek independent advice concerning any proposed gift that might significantly affect the donor's financial position, taxable income, or relationship with other family members.
4. All reasonable efforts will be taken to honour any request by a donor to be excluded from lists that Hospice Northwest Services uses.
5. All reasonable efforts will be taken to honour any request by a donor or prospective donor not to be contacted in future fundraising campaigns.
6. All reasonable efforts will be taken to honour any request by a donor not to be contacted at home by telephone or other technology; also, all reasonable efforts will be taken to honour requests from donors who are contacted by telephone to receive printed material concerning Hospice Northwest Services.
7. Any confidential information from or about donors that is obtained by, or on behalf of Hospice Northwest Services shall not be disclosed without the express consent of the donor.
8. All fundraising appeals by or on behalf of Hospice Northwest Services will disclose the charity's name, its status as a registered charity, and the purpose for which funds are requested.
9. Donors and prospective donors are entitled to the following, on request and at no charge other than cost of reproduction and distribution:

• Hospice Northwest Services’ most recent annual report and/or audited financial statements;
• Hospice Northwest Services’ most recent Charity Information Return (T3010) as submitted to Revenue Canada, (except the confidential schedules);
• A list of the names of the members of Hospice Northwest Services’ governing board;
• A copy of Hospice Northwest Services’ Code of Fundraising Accountability

10. Donors and prospective donors are entitled to know, on request, whether the individual asking for funds is a volunteer or a paid fundraiser.