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Need room for new furniture? More space for a new television or computer? A place to unload clothes you haven’t worn in years, or toys the kids have outgrown? If so, bring them to Goodwill of North Georgia’s Ponce de Leon Donation Center in Atlanta (30308). You’ll get rid of some clutter and support our mission to put people to work. The Goodwill Ponce de Leon Donation Center accepts gently used clothing, books, furniture, computers, and all kinds of other household items. Proceeds from your generous donations helps us generate the revenue to fulfill our mission. We look forward to seeing you soon at the Goodwill Ponce de Leon Donation Center.
No matter what your favorite day to shop is, we’ve got you covered. The Goodwill of North Georgia West End Thrift Store in Atlanta (30310) is open seven days a week. Our staff restocks items on the racks and shelves throughout the day, and merchandise on the entire sales floor is refreshed every 21 days. Come visit our Atlanta West End Store for the thrill of a thrifting treasure hunt. You never know what you’ll find.
Need room for new furniture? More space for a new television or computer? A place to unload clothes you haven’t worn in years, or toys the kids have outgrown? If so, bring them to Goodwill of North Georgia’s West End Donation Center in Atlanta (30310). You’ll get rid of some clutter and support our mission to put people to work. The Goodwill West End Donation Center accepts gently used clothing, books, furniture, computers, and all kinds of other household items. Proceeds from your generous donations helps us generate the revenue to fulfill our mission.
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1. Prospects. Prospects are people who haven't yet donated but are prime candidates for supporting your organization in some way, large or small. They're people you want to make sure receive your mailings, from your quarterly newsletter to your annual appeal. Some day, when the right pieces come together--extra money in their pocket or a personal connection to your mission-- prospects have a high likelihood of sending you a donation.
2. Individual donors. Individual donors come to donate to your organization for myriad reasons. Perhaps they came to an open house or other event you held, were impressed with the event and your organization, and donated beyond just the admission fee. They may have become a member or donated to a specific cause being showcased by the event.
Perhaps your individual donor responded to a direct-mail piece. Your appeal spoke to an interest of theirs, they were impressed with your statistics, or they remembered a friend of theirs saying they were a member of your organization and really appreciated what you do, and the person donated a small amount for that reason alone.
Individual donors will collectively be the lifeblood of your donor base. No one individual donation brought in this way is going to make or break you, but together they form a large percentage of your annual operating income.
3. Major donors. Major donors rarely happen overnight. They might take years of cultivation, but once they decide to give, they give in large sums. Some may have the capacity to give a large sum annually; some may give only strategically when you are doing a special campaign.
Cultivation and stewardship are important to major donors. They don't want to be "sold to," but they also want to be kept apprised of what your organization is doing--i.e., how you're using their donation.
One of the best ways to steward major donors is to assign each one to the most suitable board member. It's likely many of the major donors came through board member connections to begin with. Help your board members learn how to best steward donors if they don't already know. A plan should be in place for each major donor to receive a certain amount of correspondence each year--not asking for a donation but simply updating them on key initiatives or the overall status of the organization.
4. Corporate donors. Corporate donors require a completely different approach than individual and major donors. Although they certainly do exist, few corporations give large donations simply to be philanthropic. They expect certain marketing opportunities from their donation--a press release announcing a significant gift, a check presentation photo sent to the papers, naming of a key area in the building to which they're giving, publicity for sponsorship donations before, during and after an event.
Corporations should be key donors and donor prospects in any organization's development plan. The board should be enlisted to help identify corporations for whom your mission would appeal. Corporations don't just donate for their own or their owner's sake; help them understand that your organization's mission is near and dear to the hearts of their employees.
You'll want to figure out the fiscal year for the corporations you plan to approach as much as possible. As you try to gather this information, you might consider creating a corporate mailing piece that can be sent a few times a year to a certain number of corporations. Once you start to collect specifics about their fiscal year, you can group those twice-a-year mailings by the most logical mailing period for a company's fiscal year.
5. Foundations. Private foundations are pots of money set aside by a person, family or other entity for donation purposes. They typically fall under tax-free IRS laws which, for the tax-free status, require them to give away a certain amount of money--typically a percentage of the income or the principal of the fund itself, depending on how it's set up--each year. To do that, they often target types of charities they're interested in and open a grant proposal round once or twice a year during which organizations can appeal to them for funding.
Foundations often prefer to fund programs that actually result in accomplishing the mission of the organization. Few foundations offer funding to capital campaigns, and fewer tend to offer funding of general operating funds for the day-to-day business of the organization. Most require a post-grant report to give them the measurables that show how their funding helped you accomplish your mission.
Greek playwright Aeschylus coined the term philanthropy in the 5th century BCE. It meant “love of humanity.” Today, philanthropy means generosity in all its forms and is often defined as giving gifts of “time, talent and treasure” to help make life better for other people.
You can practice philanthropy by making a monetary gift, such as a donation to a cause you believe in. You can also practice philanthropy by giving your time—serving in a soup kitchen, tutoring a teen or engaging in any other volunteer activity that aims to improve lives. So the answer to “what is a philanthropist” is a person who exhibits these behaviors, regardless of how many resources (or how few) that person has.
Some philanthropists are known for giving away substantial sums to aid society—people like John D. Rockefeller and Warren Buffett. Others are known for their good works, such as Mother Teresa and Paul Farmer.
Many philanthropists are driven by a deep desire to solve social problems and help others. In addition, the U.S. federal tax code incentivizes giving in a variety of ways, providing donors with deductions against income, capital gains and estate taxes for charitable contributions.
You don’t need millions of dollars to be a philanthropist. You can simply donate “time, talent or treasure” toward doing good, but you can increase the impact of your giving by thinking strategically. Educational resources like Boost Your Giving IQ provides worksheets and other tools for those interested in smarter giving. These tools can help you decide what’s important to you and then create an action plan that maximizes your resources.
Increasing transparency into nonprofit operations, advances in technology and changing attitudes toward wealth continue to shape the way individuals approach their giving, according to a study of more than 3,000 donors on the 2016 future of philanthropy.
Since 1991, we have been helping donors like you support their favorite charities in smarter ways. We can help you explore the different charitable vehicles available and explain how you can complement and maximize your current giving strategy with a donor-advised fund. Join more than a quarter million donors who choose Fidelity Charitable to make their giving simple and more effective.
Today, there are numerous ways in which to make that donation to your favorite cause, from using your checkbook to setting up a foundation or entering your credit card number online. Your donation can be made at all price points and packaged according to your preferences, convenience, and size of your pocketbook.
Online giving is often called crowdfunding. Donors of modest means, in the aggregate, can make an enormous difference. Online giving is still not the primary way that donors give, but it is the fastest-growing method.
Donor-advised funds are charitable giving accounts, offered by a sponsoring organization, that are designed to be accessible, simple and less expensive alternatives to setting up a private foundation. Put your money in, let the sponsoring institution manage it, and then make a donation to the cause of your choice.
The IRS has lots of rules for private foundations, including requiring that they give out a certain percentage of their assets each year. Even if your foundation is small, you'll need good legal advice and a team to hammer out objectives, to research charities, and handle the finances.
Where to look for a giving circle? Your local community is an excellent place to start, especially when you're looking for a smaller, neighborly type of circle. But plenty of giving circles have gone state-wide or nationally.
Donating your old car could be just the trick to get it out of your driveway and to do some good. Although there are car donation scams, you can do it in more ways than ever that benefit a great charity. Just follow our rules of the road.
Blackbaud's 2015 Charitable Giving report revealed a 9% increase in online donations compared to 2014. In addition, online giving represented 7% of overall fundraising, with 14% of all online donations made on mobile devices. Donations made on the international online giving day #GivingTuesday were up 52% from the previous year.[5]
It is possible to donate in the name of a third party, making a gift in honor or in memory of someone or something. Gifts in honor or memory of a third party are made for various reasons, such as holiday gifts, wedding gifts, in memory of somebody who has died, in memory of pets or in the name of groups or associations no longer existing. Memorial gifts are sometimes requested by their survivors (e.g. "in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to ABC Charity"), usually directing donations to a charitable organization for which the deceased was a donor or volunteer, or for a cause befitting the deceased's priorities in life or manner of death. Memorial donations are also sometimes given by people if they are unable to attend the ceremony.
There are also circumstances when people like to donate funds to their preferred causes by not revealing their names. Many donors such as public figures or philanthropists like to stay anonymous while making generous donations according to their wishes. Many donors like to stay anonymous because of their religious beliefs or simply don’t want any notoriety from giving.
Georgia Watch needs your financial support as we fight for the state’s consumers. Your 501(c)3 tax-deductible donation directly benefits the Georgia community. Donations of all sizes are put to work. Clark Howard says donating to Georgia Watch is “double the bang for your buck!”
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“Although Georgia Watch has several areas of focus in its mission, I am particularly interested in their work on energy. It is important to have a strong consumer advocacy nonprofit following energy policy issues at the Georgia Public Service Commission. I know my monthly gift, along with the others they receive, provides financial stability. I recommend anyone who cares about consumer advocacy to give monthly to Georgia Watch.”
We need and appreciate your contributions, which help make it possible for us to continue advocating for everyone in the state of Georgia. Every dollar we receive goes toward our mission of protecting consumer interests.
DonationTown.org offers the best listing of charities that will come to your home and pick up your donations, for free. All of the non-profit charities on Donation Town offer an IRS tax deduction receipt whenever you donate. Donate to the charity of your choice!
Donation Town was created because we know there are many donors across the United States and Canada who would like to donate their old clothing and furniture to a local charity. We wanted to create a resource for these generous donors, so they can make an informed donation.
You have questions and Donation Town has the answers! Just surf around our website and you will learn everything you need to know to make a smart donation. Whenever you are ready, we will even help you schedule a donation pick-up.
Note any special features of each item that would increase its value, such as a particular brand name if it is from a high-end manufacturer or designer, or its approximate age/history if it is an antique.
If you still have the original sales receipts from any of these items that you’re donating, make photocopies of the receipts or scan them to your computer so that you always have proof of the item’s original value.
You can donate your car, truck, boat, or other vehicle to a charity. An organization may give a donated vehicle to someone, use it for operations, or sell it at auction. If you donate a vehicle, you will need to transfer the title of the to the charity. Also, remove license plates and registration documents before you donate the car.
Many of the children and families served at the Children’s Advocacy Center lack the resources to purchase much needed supplies for the upcoming school year. Every child deserves to be prepared with the necessary tools to learn and get the most out of their education.
We are accepting new backpacks filled with the supplies listed or if you cannot donate a backpack, any of the listed supplies is also appreciated. Anything you can donate helps make a child’s day brighter and their school year better!
Launched in March 2021, this program was developed to ensure that child sexual abuse victims and their families receive a continuum of mental health care throughout the recovery process, regardless of an ability to pay. The goal of #VegasHeals is to improve overall outcomes for disadvantaged child victims by treating and strengthening the entire family unit.
The entire family unit is affected when abuse or neglect is reported. Trauma informed therapy recognizes and helps heal the primary victim as well as the secondary victims. Additional services are provided to siblings who witnessed the abuse or neglect, non-offending parents, and other primary caretakers who need psychoeducation to heal themselves and help support the child victim. As of September 30, 2021, a total of 183 hours of free mental health services have been provided to children and families in need.
Launched in November 2020, the Community Closet and Food Bank (the Closet) addresses the immediate needs of the families served at the SNCAC. Many are disadvantaged and represent minority populations who are often overlooked and underserved. Hit hard by the current pandemic, these primarily single-parent families struggle to feed and clothe their children.
The Closet provides necessary clothing, hygiene, non-perishable food, and other items to those in need. Whether a family must relocate for safety reasons or a non-offending parent is grappling with the news that their child was victimized, the Closet exists to alleviate some of the burdens they face. This support allows non-offending parents and caregivers to focus their energy upon processing the trauma and healing from the devastating effects of abuse.
Through their work, the CACF has assessed the community’s needs and acknowledges the importance of supporting the vital work done by the highly skilled professionals at the SNCAC. For children, when hurt, need the best from their community. As a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, monetary gifts given in support of the SNCAC are tax deductible.
The CACF's annual back-to-school backpack and school supply drive is running from June 1st to August 1st and it helps support children and families in need. Click here to learn more about the drive and how you can help!
Together, we really can make a difference in the lives of children and families who have been impacted by abuse. Through the support of the Southern Nevada community and the Las Vegas Aviators baseball organization, the CACF hosted its An Evening in the Ballpark event to not only raise awareness around the issue of child abuse and neglect, but to also raise funds in support of the victims and families they serve.
April 1st marks the first day of Child Abuse Prevention Month and at the CACF we strive to bring awareness about the child abuse in the community and how our organization can help those in need so this month is crucial to highlighting the mission we work towards everyday.
Donations to Compassion's Where Most Needed fund provide not only essentials and life-saving care but also the resources necessary to accomplish our mission — including personnel, materials, buildings and equipment. Your tax-deductible donation is stewarded by Compassion to provide for children around the world in immediate need.
Compassion staff at CJ’s child development center secured funding for her heart surgery from the Where Most Needed fund. Compassion not only paid for the surgery but also provided for the bus ride, hotel stay and food costs for CJ, her mom and our center staff member. Thanks to generous donors who gave to the Where Most Needed fund, CJ received life-saving surgery.
Donating to a charity is an important decision. So when you’re passionate about a cause and want to make a difference, we encourage you to do your research. Compassion is 100% committed to financial integrity, stewardship and using each dollar wisely. If you have any questions about Compassion or exactly how your donation will be used, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Children living in poverty are especially vulnerable to disease and sickness. And because of the pandemic, health screenings, dental care and routine childhood vaccinations have been impossible. Resuming these areas of care is currently a critical need.
Compassion’s medical assistance fund, together with our holistic child development program, allows children to escape the crippling effects of poverty. When you make a medical donation through this fund, you can be assured that your money will directly help children who need it. Give today and change a life forever.
Eleven-year-old Steven from Ecuador was brutally attacked by teenage boys near his home. He was captured, bound, covered in gasoline and set on fire. He ran to a nearby river and was able to put out the fire. But none of the hospitals in Ecuador were equipped to deal with the severity of his burns, which covered more than 65% of his body. Within days, Steven was brought to a hospital in the United States where a burn unit provided him with the care he needed.
Because of generous donors like you, over $500,000 was raised to help pay medical bills for him and other children facing difficult medical situations. It is estimated that he will need at least seven years of care, including counseling and physical therapy.
Children living in poverty are especially vulnerable to disease and sickness and your medical donation can make a big difference in their lives. When a child in poverty faces medical issues, he is even more vulnerable to the devastating effects of poverty, and your medical donation can literally save his life. Giving your medical donation through Compassion’s medical assistance fund will allow a child in poverty access to the best medical treatment available, regardless of cost.
When you give a medical donation through our program, your money will help provide for expensive but critical treatments such as surgery, vision and hearing issues, prosthetic limbs, wheelchairs, trauma counseling and special dental needs.
Compassion’s medical assistance fund is one of our Complementary Interventions and together with our holistic child development program, it allows children escape the crippling effects of poverty. When you make a medical donation through our medical assistance fund, you can be assured that your money will directly help children who need it most – children living in poverty and facing medical issues. Give today and change a life forever.
For National Donate Life Month (NDLM) 2022, Donate Life America was inspired by the vital role that bees play in sustaining life. Bees are a small but powerful life force, working together with dedication, collaboration and a strong sense of community.
Nonprofits use the donor lifecycle to gain insights about their donors, including when and how much they give. By doing this, nonprofits can anticipate when it is necessary to reach out to a donor to maximize their donation. Nonprofits have specific strategies to engage donors in each phase of the lifecycle.
Nonprofits want to gain new donors and retain current ones, maximizing their donations at each phase of the donor lifecycle. Understanding donor’s giving characteristics allows nonprofits to tailor donor communication strategies that meet donors where they’re at no matter what phase of the lifecycle they are in.
Donating is a selfless act, so giving to charity will improve your self-esteem and self-worth. By donating money to charity, you will achieve a greater sense of satisfaction and growth as it feels good to help others and provide them with all the essential resources.
The population of Yemen are a great example of people that you could help and provide them with the resources that they need. Saba Relief are a non-profit charity organisation who work very closely with individuals in Yemen who have nowhere to go or anyone to turn to. Individuals who have been displaced, children who are malnourished and families that have had their homes torn down because of the horrible war.
Alongside a great sense of self-esteem and self-worth, giving to charity will also help lower your depression levels and will positively increase your mood tremendously, due to the psychology of generosity.
Studies have shown that giving money to charity has a positive impact on the brain, filling you with happiness and a sense of being grateful. These effects are like when you are giving a loved one a hug. Imagine how it would make you feel to help someone, like a malnourished child in Yemen or by feeding a needy family. Keep this in mind next time you are having a bad day and want to make a difference.
Also, scientifically speaking, the more you give to charity, the happier you will be. In a study conducted by Harbaugh, Mayr and Burghart (2007) neural activity was recorded when participants were given a $100 amount between themselves and a local food bank. The results indicated that whoever gave money to the food bank, experienced activities in the brain similar to receiving pleasure and reward. These results suggest that giving in the act of charity, is inherently rewarding and satisfyingly pleasing.
One person’s charitable donation can positively impact more people’s lives than a giver can ever comprehend. With your donations, charities all around the world are able to provide the needy with things that they may require to get by on a daily basis, like food and clean water.
In Yemen for example, the people are not so fortunate to own the things that most of us do. They can’t get access to clean water, they are unable to get treated for illnesses like cholera, and helpless parents are unable to feed their starving children.
Saba Relief provide emergency aid to those in need in Yemen, by giving them nutritious food, clean water, medical aid and education to children. With your help, we can help the people of Yemen foster a happier and healthier life.
Being able to share the generosity of giving to charity with your children or loved ones, can really help you teach young people and children, whether they are your own or others around you, and the importance of caring for one and another, which is an important life lesson.
As we near the blessed month of Ramadan, we need to implement the importance of giving to charity to our children. Explain to them how fortunate they are compared to many children out there, who wish to be in their shoes, who wish to eat a warm, home cooked meal and have clean water to drink.
This will allow our children to prosper in life and become a lot more appreciative to everything, whether it is small or big. It will also teach them to give rather than to just always receive. When children see you donating money, they are much more likely to adopt a giving mindset as they grow up. Tell them when you have donated money to a great cause, let them be part of the experience.
You may not be in a position to donate money, but donations come in many other forms, such as, donating unwanted clothes, footwear or even toys. You could also start by donating your time. For example, you could be volunteering, and even sharing the cause with as many people as you possibly can.
This way, you will guarantee that you will be meeting new and like-minded people who care about the same great cause, which will increase your knowledge on everyday affairs, and you’ll feel good about giving back to charity.
Saba Relief have a goal of reducing poverty and suffering faced by the population of Yemen, so when you share this article, a YouTube video, a social media post or even tell others about Saba Relief, then you are allowing us to reach this goal a lot sooner than anticipated.
Take Ahlam’s story as a prime example, she got married at the age of twenty-four and was living her best life with her husband, travelling to a different country every three to four months, eating at very nice restaurants every two to three days a week and buying anything that she had set her heart on.
A week later, Ahlam announced that she was pregnant, so the couple quickly adjusted to the news and knew that this was a great blessing. Joy filled their hearts and were very happy to know that they were going to be parents. They gave money to charity, had a family gathering and cooked a feast for everyone to enjoy because of this beautiful announcement.
The company that Ahlam and her spouse worked at had gone into administration and they instantly had no jobs and no way of a steady income. It was very bad news following a great one, but they had money in savings, so they were able to provide for themselves until Ahlam’s husband started his new job and got his salary paid.
As weeks went by, Ahlam went to interview after interview, but with no luck of landing a job. The savings amount fell shorter and the couple started facing many obstacles, from the car breaking down, to house repairs that needed to be done and many other things.
Eventually, the couple were unable to live life like they used to. Her husbands’ wages went towards the rent, house bills, groceries and fuel, so Ahlam was unable to even buy the food she was craving for during her pregnancy, as they had a limit to their spending on a monthly basis. This was very hard on both of them, but somehow, they managed to make it through day by day.
As time went by, the struggle continued, but fortunately for Ahlam and her husband, their families were very supportive and helped whenever they were able to. Bringing them food from time to time, buying them essential home appliances or helping with the rent if it fell short.
Baby Amelia was born, and things got better as Ahlam started receiving income from the government to provide for her baby. This was still not enough as her baby’s needs were too many, but she never complained and was still hopeful that her family’s situation will soon get better.
One day, when her daughter reached the age of six months old, her mother needed money and Ahlam only had £60 in her account. Without any thought given to this, she gave her mother £50 and kept £10 knowing very well that she will eventually need that money she gave away. This didn’t worry her too much, as she knew, everything always worked itself out.
A week later, guests came to Ahlam’s house to congratulate her on the birth of her beautiful baby girl. As they enjoyed their dinner that evening, one of the guests handed Ahlam an envelope with a card in it. In that card, there was a £50 note. Ahlam was full of joy as the money she gave to her mother, came back at the right time.
A week later, she received an additional £100 from other guests who came to visit her later that week. This was very overwhelming for Ahlam, as she never knew that the act of giving, in the form of charity that she did, by giving her mother that £50 when she only had £60 in her account, was going to result in this incredible outcome.
The good news didn’t end there, because two weeks later, Ahlam got a call from a job that she’s been waiting four months to hear back from, to congratulate her on her new position and to start immediately. Even her spouse got promoted receiving an amazing salary with great benefits.
This is the gift of giving, it’s a wonderful feeling. It’s like no other. Knowing that you have made someone else’s life easier, even if it is just for a little while, by putting smiles on vulnerable children’s faces, providing shelter for families or giving food and clean water for the needy, then that’s all that matters.
When Ahlam did this small act of charity out of the goodness of her heart, she never knew that her reward would multiply and bring in more blessings to her life. Therefore, it’s very important to give to charity, so that you can possibly experience what Ahlam and her family had experienced.
Now that you know some of the points as to why the act of giving to charity is very important, and you’ve read a real-life story from someone who has actually experienced the beneficial miracle of giving to charity, let us know how you are willing to contribute to help the people of Yemen.