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If the purpose of a church/project fund includes supporting the funding of a Designated Grantee(s) stipend, the following applies:

• Stipend Agreements are required to be signed by each Designated Grantee (See Grant-Making Standard for more details on stipend agreements) before grant disbursement can begin.
• Reliant and the church/ministry will take reasonable steps of due diligence to ensure that it is not otherwise assisting known or suspected terrorists through its foreign grant-making process.
• For contributions to a Reliant fund to qualify as tax-deductible, they must be intended by the donor for use by Reliant Mission and the church/ministry and are not personal gifts for the Affiliated Fundraiser or Designated Grantee. The donor is supporting a pre-approved ministry purpose by a Reliant-approved church/project and ministry partner. Therefore, if an Affiliated Fundraiser associated with the church/project fund moves to another ministry, the funds do not follow as funds are intended for the church/ministry, not the individual raising support on behalf of the church/project fund. 
• If an organization that is registered in a foreign country has foreign nationals who are working for the organization (such as interns) and the organization desires to partner with Reliant and utilize a church/project fund to help fund their workers in that country, Reliant may determine that the fund can utilize Reliant's solicitor reporting to help tag the Designated Grantee for grant disbursement amount reporting. However, donors can only use the solicitor functionality through online giving. Reliant’s desire is to honor the donor preference for the contribution, but Reliant has complete discretion and control over the use of the donated funds as part of our 501(c)3 status.
• Overfunding of the church/project fund resulting from any support-raising efforts (including those of the Affiliated Fundraiser/Designated Grantee) remains with the fund.
• Grant stipend disbursement amount does not increase based on donations received to the church/project fund. Therefore, if the fund does not have enough to cover the stipend amount for the Designated Grantee for one month, Reliant will not automatically disburse an additional stipend amount the following month to make up the difference. The distributed amount can only be increased by submitting a new grant request.
• Reliant will not issue refunds to donors. In the unlikely event of a cancellation of the church/project fund purpose or plans or if a foreign national who had raised support as an affiliated fundraiser decided not to continue in the role of Designated Grantee for this project/church fund, Reliant will use the funds for other similar Reliant Mission activities beginning with those associated with the connected church/ministry.
• If the sole purpose of a church/project fund is for stipend distribution to Designated Grantees, the name of the Reliant project fund must be the church/project name and not the name of the Designated Grantee(s).
• The partner church/ministry agrees to communicate with clarity with all Designated Grantees that the Designated Grantee(s) will be responsible for applicable payment of taxes, withholding for employment taxes, compliance with local law, etc. A clear acknowledgment of these expectations for local compliance will also be noted in the Stipend Agreement.