Terms and Conditions
Acceptance of any contribution, gift or grant is at the discretion of TAWI Development Organization. TAWI Development Organization will not accept any gift unless it can be used or expended consistently with the purpose and mission of TAWI Development Organization.
No irrevocable gift, whether outright or life-income in character, will be accepted if under any reasonable set of circumstances the gift would jeopardize the donor’s financial security.
TAWI Development Organization will refrain from providing advice about the tax or other treatment of gifts and will encourage donors to seek guidance from their own professional advisers to assist them in the process of making their donation.
TAWI Development Organization will accept donations of cash or publicly traded securities. Gifts of in-kind services will be accepted at the discretion of the TAWI Development Organization.
Certain other gifts, real property, personal property, in-kind gifts, non-liquid securities, and contributions whose sources are not transparent or whose use is restricted in some manner, must be reviewed prior to acceptance due to the special obligations raised or liabilities they may pose for TAWI Development Organization.
TAWI Development Organization will provide acknowledgments to donors meeting tax requirements for property received by the charity as a gift. However, except for gifts of cash and publicly traded securities, no value shall be ascribed to any receipt or other form of substantiation of a gift received by TAWI Development Organization.
TAWI Development Organization will respect the intent of the donor relating to gifts for restricted purposes and those relating to the desire to remain anonymous. With respect to anonymous gifts, TAWI Development Organization will restrict information about the donor to only those staff members with a need to know.
TAWI Development Organization will not compensate, whether through commissions, finders’ fees, or other means, any third party for directing a gift or a donor to TAWI Development Organization.
Refunds:
TAWI Development Organization recognises that it is possible to make an error when making an online donation or for donors to change their mind about the donation made. It can also occur that an error can be made by the TAWI Development Organization or our financial institution.
TAWI Development Organization will fully examine all requests for refund and endeavour to ensure that genuine errors are rectified, however we are under no obligation to give refunds and the decision on refunds will be at TAWI Development Organization’s discretion.
TAWI Development Organization will endeavour to refund donations in the following circumstances:
i. If an error is made in making an online donation or if the donor changes their mind, we will honour all requests for refund that are made in writing within 30
days of the date the donation was made. The written refund request must include the details of the initial transaction including date, donation amount, donor’s
name, ID, tax invoice number and the nature of the error.
ii. Requests for refund can be sent to TAWI Development Organization as follows:
Email: info@tawi.or.tz
Mail: Accounts, TAWI Development Organization
Pugu 12112, Kipawa Mpya, Ilala, Dar es salaam Tanzania.
iii. If an amount is adjusted by TAWI Development Organization, the original receipt issued for the incorrect amount will become invalid and a new receipt will be issued for the amount of the adjusted donation.
iv. TAWI Development Organization reserves the right to pass any refund transaction charges on to the donor
v. Refunds will be returned using the original method of payment – if donation has been made by credit card, the refund must be credited to that same credit card.
vi. Should an error be made by TAWI Development Organization or our financial institution(s), a refund of the full amount will be made once we are notified of the error in writing and all costs will be borne by TAWI Development Organization or our financial institution(s).