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I don't know if KaBOOM can accept donations and then put them directly towards your playground project.  Someone from KaBOOM would have to answer that.  My guess would be no, and a suggestion for you to consider would be printing off a picture image of the playground design itself, and then having little prices next to everything... or a printed price sheet... but estimate things that you think people can afford to "buy", i.e. charge $200 for the slide, and $50 for a monkey bar, that type of thing.  Call everything by it's given name by the manufacturer (e.g. Twirly slide) or come up with a creative name (e.g. Twisty Turbo slide)... the idea is to show people what their money can "buy" as opposed to asking for just a straight monetary donation.  It may be more fun for them to "shop" and then that determines how much they donate.  Then they can mail their purchase and money to you or someone in your wedding party to handle the donations. 

If the issue is getting a tax donation receipt, then is your playground associated with a city or a school?  I would think that either could issue a receipt for donations that they can use on their taxes, in that it is a donation for a public purpose, not to benefit any individual.  Our school district has a form letter that they use to provide tax receipts for people, even though technically schools are not 501 3(c) organizations.