Checks: Send checks
payable to:
Development
Director
WISE
38 Bank
Street
Lebanon, NH 03766
Credit Card: WISE
accepts Mastercard and Visa. You can make either a one-time credit card gift or
ask that we charge a monthly gift.
Online!
Honorary or Memorial
Gifts by credit card: phone, mail or online
Planned
Giving/Bequests: Is WISE in your
Will? The support of WISE Friends who remember WISE in their will with bequests
and life income gifts is a great way to leave a legacy. It is a also a
significant way to ensure that WISE services will be available for future
generations. There a number of ways that you can include WISE in your estate
plans.
You
can leave a fixed amount of money or stock.
A
percentage of your estate.
You
may want to discuss with your advisors.
Suggested language may include,
I, __________ give ____________________(describe what you
are giving here) to WISE, 38 Bank Street, Lebanon, NH, a 501(c)(3)organization
under New Hampshire laws for its general purposes.
Program Investments: Endowment gifts are crucial for
the future of WISE as they create income for the future. To learn more about
how you can transform WISE and help
create an endowment, call our Development Director.
In-Kind Giving: Gifts of real estate, art, equipment,
furnishing or other tangible property may make wonderful and useful gifts to
WISE. Gifts in kind are generally defined as non-cash donations and should be
reported at the fair market value to the IRS. WISE collects used cell phones
and sends them out to be fixed and then donates them to clients in need. You can also donate your car or many other
items. Visit our wish lists for ideas.
Getting married?
Register through www.IDOFoundation.org and everyone who buys gifts through the site will have a portion of the cost contributed to WISE!
Gifts to honor
someone or in memory of a loved one: You can give in honor of someone’s
special occasion (birthday, anniversary, promotion, special event) or in their
memory. WISE will notify your friend or relative of the gift made in their
honor or in memory of the deceased family member.
Use Goodsearch.com! Raise money for WISE by
simply searching the web. WISE can benefit every time you search the web. Goodsearch.com is a new search engine
that donates half of its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities
its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it’s
powered by Yahoo!, so it’s very
effective. Go to http://www.goodsearch.com and be sure
to enter WISE as the designated charity.
Just 500 of us searching four times per day will raise over $7,000 in a
year without anyone having to spend any money at all! Spread the word to all
your friends to use Goodsearch and
to use the web to give the gift that keeps on giving.
Corporate giving: Your company may sponsor a matching gift
program that matches dollar for dollar your contribution to WISE. Check with
your human resources department to see if they offer this employee benefit.
Company gifts are welcomed as it is a way for a company to sponsor WISE either
through making a corporate gift, employees joining together to give or
organizing a collection drive or supporting the WISE Choice Raffle. Look for
our news about our sponsorship
opportunities in the weeks to come.
United Way: You
can designate your gift through the United Way.
Attend an Event! The WISE Choice Raffle takes place during
the month of October. Click here to learn about events on the calendar.
