function validate_ein(formObj)
{
    var returnValue = true;
    var alertMessage = "";
    var validEIN = "-0123456789";

    // Validate EIN

    if ((formObj.reqEIN.value==null) || (formObj.reqEIN.value==""))
    {
   	alertMessage="Please Enter the EIN\n\n"
	returnValue = false;
    }

   if (formObj.reqEIN.value.length < 9)
   {
   	alertMessage=alertMessage+"Please enter a Valid EIN\n\n"
	returnValue = false;
   }
   for (i=0; i<formObj.reqEIN.value.length; i++)
   {
	temp = formObj.reqEIN.value.substring(i,i+1);
	if (validEIN.indexOf(temp,0)== -1)
	{
		alertMessage=alertMessage+"Please enter only Numbers for EIN:\n\n"
		returnValue = false;
		break;
	}
   }

   if (returnValue == false)
   {
 	alert("The following errors were encountered:\n\n" + alertMessage);
   }
	return returnValue;
										}