Card payments lose two to three percent to processing before a dollar reaches program. Several options below avoid that entirely, and a few can double your gift outright.
Zero processing fees, so the full amount reaches program. Make payable to Bloom Ministries and note a fund on the memo line if you want it directed. Request the current mailing address at Contact — we confirm it directly rather than publish it, for the safety of a trans-led organization.
Request mailing details →A large share of employers will match charitable gifts, frequently one-to-one and sometimes more. Most matching programs go unused simply because nobody checks. Search your company’s giving portal for Bloom Ministries, EIN 39-4922713, and a fifty dollar gift can become a hundred.
If you hold a DAF at Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, or a community foundation, you can recommend a grant to Bloom Ministries using our EIN. DAF grants carry no processing fees.
Donating appreciated securities directly, rather than selling first, generally avoids capital gains tax on the appreciation while still allowing a deduction at full fair market value. For a long-held position this is frequently the most tax-efficient way to give. Talk to your own advisor, then contact us to arrange the transfer.
Arrange a transfer →Sometimes the thing itself is worth more than its cash value. Gift cards for gas and groceries, moving supplies, and professional services — legal, accounting, medical — are all genuinely useful. Ask before shipping physical goods so we do not end up storing something nobody needs.
Offer an in-kind gift →If money is not what you have, that is completely fine and it is not a lesser contribution. Volunteers, directory auditors, and chapter organizers move this work forward in ways funding alone cannot.
Get involved →The descriptions above are general information about how these giving methods commonly work, not personalized tax or financial advice. Deductibility depends on your own situation, and the rules around stock gifts and donor-advised funds in particular have real complexity. Talk to your own accountant or advisor before making a significant gift by any of these routes. We would rather you get correct advice than take ours.