CLEVELAND (AP) — Not all donors to a fund set up to assistthe three women who were kidnapped
then sexually assaulted in aCleveland house over a decade will be able to mark down theircontribution as
a tax deduction.The Plain Dealer in Cleveland(http://bit.ly/19eURLn) reported Tuesday that the fund has
taken in morethan $1.4 million since it was set up in May, but whether donors willget a tax deduction
depends on who handled their donation.TheCleveland Foundation and KeyBank set up accounts benefiting
theCleveland Courage Fund within days of the women’s escape from theircaptor’s home. The newspaper
reported that while donations given to thefund through the foundation are tax deductible because the
organizationis a nonprofit, those made to KeyBank are not.KeyBank has now become the sole collector as
the foundation stopped receiving donations for the fund on June 30."Wealways intended to work on
this on a short-term basis, as we’re anonprofit," said Michael Murphy, the foundation’s director
ofcommunications. "KeyBank took over the long-term handling of it."Thefund’s website explained
that all donations will be equally disbursedinto four individual trust accounts benefiting each of the
women and thedaughter of one of them.The women’s captor, Ariel Castro, hangedhimself in a prison cell
Sept. 3, a month into his life sentence under aplea agreement.The women disappeared separately between
2002 and2004. They and a child Castro fathered were rescued from his run-downhouse May 6 after one of
the women broke through a screen door.___Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.comCopyright 2013 The
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