Contributions and Finances/Service Policies
Chapter and Individual Contributions
Reminder! Chapter checks for contributions to the projects and the P.E.O. Foundation should be made payable to the state treasurer, not to the project or 
Foundation, and mailed directly to the state treasurer.
All contributions from individuals should be made payable directly to the project or Foundation and mailed promptly to the P.E.O. Executive Office. State treasurers and executive assistants should forward all contributions promptly to the treasurer of International Chapter to ensure proper acknowledgments and/or IRS-required notices may be sent.
Finances and Service Policy
In keeping with the mission of P.E.O., the focus of chapter funds and fundraising activities shall be International Chapter projects, followed by state/ provincial/district projects. In order to protect International Chapter’s exemption with the United States Internal Revenue Service, chapters must demonstrate the mission of P.E.O. through financial support. Therefore, P.E.O. dollars, offered and earned by members in the name of P.E.O., should be considered primarily for approved P.E.O. projects and/or the P.E.O. Foundation with minimal chapter funds used for outside philanthropic or local educational activities.
To strengthen P.E.O.’s visible inf luence in the community, chapters and chapter members are encouraged to offer their talents and skills, time and service for local philanthropic and educational endeavors.
Membership Information on Website 
Flow Charts for Streamlined Transferand Reinstatement Processes
Members and chapters are experiencing the benefits of P.E.O.’s streamlined transfer and reinstatement processes. On the members’ side on the Membership link to access the flow charts that review these new membership processes, which are described in the online training module for presidents.
Hot Spot and Special Information
Check out the Hot Spot on the P.E.O. International website peointernational.org for helpful hints to get and retain new members.
Change in Membership Form (CIM)
This form (found in the Local Chapter Forms section under corresponding secretary) may now be completed online and electronically submitted directly to the Membership Department. It is used to report membership changes in a chapter—initiates, transfers and deaths.
Emblem Ordering
Don’t forget…an initiate’s emblem may not be ordered until she has been initiated. In addition, effective immediately, the Change in Membership form must be received by the Membership Department and the new member assigned an ID number before the emblem is ordered. 
