Church donation receipt: Donation Substantiation Rules

The Donation Substantiation Rules carries 17 published figures read from 8 sources' own pages, from 75 to 500,000 USD, read 18 October 2026.

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75 to 500,000 USD Range of the published figures 17 published figures, not one market: read the rows
17 Sources with a figure of 10 read in full, 19 Oct 2026
8 of 10 Sources read that publish one 80% publish a figure at all
  1. IRS Publication 561 (HTML), Determining the Value of Donated Property500,000 USD
  2. eCFR 26 CFR 1.170A-13, recordkeeping and return requirements for deductions for charitable contributions5,000 USD
  3. IRS: substantiating charitable contributions5,000 USD
  4. IRS Publication 526 (HTML), Charitable Contributions5,000 USD
  5. IRS Publication 561 (HTML), Determining the Value of Donated Property5,000 USD
  6. eCFR 26 CFR 1.170A-13, recordkeeping and return requirements for deductions for charitable contributions500 USD
  7. IRS About Form 8283500 USD
  8. IRS Publication 561 (HTML), Determining the Value of Donated Property500 USD
  9. IRS Publication 1771, Charitable Contributions - Substantiation and Disclosure Requirements500 USD
  10. IRS: charitable organizations - substantiation and disclosure requirements250 USD
  11. IRS: substantiating charitable contributions250 USD
  12. IRS: charitable contributions - written acknowledgments250 USD
One figure per source, highest first; the top 12 of 17.
Table view
RowValue
IRS Publication 561 (HTML), Determining the Value of Donated Property500,000 USD
eCFR 26 CFR 1.170A-13, recordkeeping and return requirements for deductions for charitable contributions5,000 USD
IRS: substantiating charitable contributions5,000 USD
IRS Publication 526 (HTML), Charitable Contributions5,000 USD
IRS Publication 561 (HTML), Determining the Value of Donated Property5,000 USD
eCFR 26 CFR 1.170A-13, recordkeeping and return requirements for deductions for charitable contributions500 USD
IRS About Form 8283500 USD
IRS Publication 561 (HTML), Determining the Value of Donated Property500 USD
IRS Publication 1771, Charitable Contributions - Substantiation and Disclosure Requirements500 USD
IRS: charitable organizations - substantiation and disclosure requirements250 USD
IRS: substantiating charitable contributions250 USD
IRS: charitable contributions - written acknowledgments250 USD
  1. 1675 to 83,396
  2. 83,396 to 166,717
  3. 166,717 to 250,038
  4. 250,038 to 333,358
  5. 333,358 to 416,679
  6. 1416,679 to 500,000
Where the 17 published figures fall, USD, in six equal bands from the lowest to the highest.
Bands
BucketValue
75 to 83,39616 sources
83,396 to 166,7170 sources
166,717 to 250,0380 sources
250,038 to 333,3580 sources
333,358 to 416,6790 sources
416,679 to 500,0001 source

8 of the 10 named sources read in full publish a figure; 2 publish none, read 18 October 2026.

By element

BreakdownMedianRangeSources
elementform 8283500USD500 to 500USD2
elementqualified appraisal5,000USD5,000 to 5,000USD4
elementwritten acknowledgment250USD250 to 250USD5
elementquid pro quo disclosure75USD75 to 75USD3
elementclothing and household items500USD500 to 500USD1
elementappraisal attached to the return500,000USD500,000 to 500,000USD1
elementvehicle donation500USD500 to 500USD1

Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.

SourceFigureBreakdownRead
IRS Publication 561 (HTML), Determining the Value of Donated Property500,000USDappraisal attached to the return2026-10-17
eCFR 26 CFR 1.170A-13, recordkeeping and return requirements for deductions for charitable contributions5,000USDqualified appraisal2026-10-17
IRS: substantiating charitable contributions5,000USDqualified appraisal2026-10-17
IRS Publication 526 (HTML), Charitable Contributions5,000USDqualified appraisal2026-10-17
IRS Publication 561 (HTML), Determining the Value of Donated Property5,000USDqualified appraisal2026-10-17
eCFR 26 CFR 1.170A-13, recordkeeping and return requirements for deductions for charitable contributions500USDform 82832026-10-17
IRS About Form 8283500USDform 82832026-10-17
IRS Publication 561 (HTML), Determining the Value of Donated Property500USDclothing and household items2026-10-17
IRS Publication 1771, Charitable Contributions - Substantiation and Disclosure Requirements500USDvehicle donation2026-10-18
IRS: charitable organizations - substantiation and disclosure requirements250USDwritten acknowledgment2026-10-17
IRS: substantiating charitable contributions250USDwritten acknowledgment2026-10-17
IRS: charitable contributions - written acknowledgments250USDwritten acknowledgment2026-10-17
IRS Publication 526 (HTML), Charitable Contributions250USDwritten acknowledgment2026-10-17
IRS Publication 1771, Charitable Contributions - Substantiation and Disclosure Requirements250USDwritten acknowledgment2026-10-18
IRS: charitable organizations - substantiation and disclosure requirements75USDquid pro quo disclosure2026-10-17
IRS: substantiating charitable contributions75USDquid pro quo disclosure2026-10-17
IRS Publication 1771, Charitable Contributions - Substantiation and Disclosure Requirements75USDquid pro quo disclosure2026-10-18
The sentence each figure was read from (17)

Read in full, publishes no figure

2 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.

Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).

8 of the 10 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 2 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.

The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 17 figures, never sentences; 65 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.

The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per element and threshold - the $250 contemporaneous written acknowledgment, the $75 quid pro quo disclosure and its good-faith estimate, the non-cash bands that pull in Form 8283 and an appraisal, the 'no goods or services' statement, the timing test - each quoted verbatim from the statute, regulation or IRS page that states it, with the effective date and the changed-since; the derived piece is the ELEMENT CHECKLIST scored against what a receipt actually contains, so a church can see which of its statements would fail, which nobody publishes as a table

65 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.

Sources (10)
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The Donation Substantiation Rules carries 17 published figures read from 8 sources' own pages, from 75 to 500,000 USD, read 18 October 2026.

8 of the 10 named sources read in full publish a figure; 2 publish none, read 18 October 2026.

Donation Substantiation Rules, element form 8283: median 500 USD across 2 sources, read 18 October 2026.

Donation Substantiation Rules, element qualified appraisal: median 5,000 USD across 4 sources, read 18 October 2026.

Donation Substantiation Rules, element written acknowledgment: median 250 USD across 5 sources, read 18 October 2026.

Donation Substantiation Rules, element quid pro quo disclosure: median 75 USD across 3 sources, read 18 October 2026.

Donation Substantiation Rules, element clothing and household items: median 500 USD across 1 source, read 18 October 2026.

Donation Substantiation Rules, element appraisal attached to the return: median 500,000 USD across 1 source, read 18 October 2026.

Donation Substantiation Rules, element vehicle donation: median 500 USD across 1 source, read 18 October 2026.

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75 to 500,000 USD

17 published figures, Donation Substantiation Rules, across 8 sources, read 18 October 2026

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