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Debra,
I don't agree with your involving the client with charity donations. Charitable giving can be a complicated issue and one I don't think should be intertwined with the relationship with your client.
I think it would be fine to give the money directly to the charity as a commission, but I would make it transparent to the client.
Soon you will hear a client say -- here's your fee less the donation, if you want to donate go ahead, I gave at the office.
I think a client's decision to commission you for a painting is a PURE business consideration. To interject charitable donations (your idea of charity, not theirs) is to unduly complicate this transaction.
Just one man's take.
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Mike McCarty
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