By CheckSend your check, payable to:
SpiritCare Ministry to Seniors to: The Treasurer, SpiritCare Ministry to Seniors, 1443 Howard Avenue, Burlingame, CA 94010 |
By PayPal or Credit Card
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Donate Stock SpiritCare is able to accept donations of stock. Click on the button above to make your donation. Alternatively, you can contact our treasurer for more information.
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Legacy GiftsDesignate SpiritCare Ministry to Seniors as a beneficiary on a bank account, investment or in your will. Give your executor the address and EIN of SpiritCare Ministry to Seniors. You may also contact SpiritCare and your tax advisor for help.
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From Your DAFIf you don't see the form above click on DAFdirect to give from your Donor Advised Fund.
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From Your IRAYou may be able to move money from your IRA tax-free if you send it to SpiritCare. SpiritCare cannot give you tax advice - ask your account or financial planner for advice.
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BenevityBenevity may allow you to give a donation matched by your employer to SpiritCare. See if your employer can support SpiritCare using Benevity. Some maybe reluctant to support a faith-based organization, but others will enable SpiritCare support.
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Can You Help Us Raise Funds?
Here are some ways you can raise funds as an individual, a group or a family:
- Invite friends to support a restaurant - getting Take Out or Dining outside - check this out on GroupRaise.
- Here are 10 Socially Distant fund-raising activities
- You can also sell something on eBay and select SpiritCare Ministry to Seniors as a charity that benefits from some or all of the sale proceeds.
Shop
When you shop at Amazon click on the button above or click here. Then a small part of your purchase price will automatically be sent to support SpiritCare.
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Donate a Car or Boat
If you have an extra car or can no longer drive, you can donate your car to help SpiritCare. CARS will come and get your car and help you with paperwork. All you need to do is click on the picture above or click here to start the donation process. You can also donate a boat, truck or recreational vehicle.
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Host a Virtual Meal
Hold a virtual fund-raising dinner party. Guests may cook their own special meal or you can give them a menu. Invite them to donate the cost of a restaurant meal to SpiritCare. SpiritCare can help you by running a Zoom session for your event, providing a speaker and showing a presentation. We can send you a link for your guests to register and make a donation.
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Sell Baked Goods
Children and families can bake cookies, cakes and bread (pita bread shown here). Sell them to friends and neighbors.
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Sell Plants
Take some cuttings from your plants - some will root by themselves by putting them in a jar of water. Then put them in plant pots and sell them. Alternatively, you may have plants in your garden that can be divided and sold. You could also plant bulbs and sell them to friends.
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Host a Trivia Night
SpiritCare can help you host a Virtual Trivia Night online for your friends. You can do it yourself, or you can provide the questions and scoring. The event can take place on Zoom. You can also purchase Trivia packages on the web and run the entire event yourself. Themes can be related to SpiritCare on the Bible, church music and care community knowledge or they may be more general - your choice.
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Thank You Donors
We are able to provide our services only because of the generosity and goodwill of churches, individuals, foundations, businesses, and organizations.
Donations support our paid pastors' salaries and expenses. They also support our communication costs which include both online and written materials.
Consult your tax-adviser to see if your donation of money, stock or vehicle is tax-deductible. SpiritCare Ministry to Seniors is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and our EIN is 94-3086781.
Donations support our paid pastors' salaries and expenses. They also support our communication costs which include both online and written materials.
Consult your tax-adviser to see if your donation of money, stock or vehicle is tax-deductible. SpiritCare Ministry to Seniors is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and our EIN is 94-3086781.
How Much Do Things Cost?
SpiritCare depends on volunteers, who give of their time freely. Below you can see our approximate costs that give you an idea of what we spend. Most of the costs below are annual, except for one-off events. Some items overlap – for example, it costs $80 to support each person who comes to a worship service for a year, but another way to look at our costs is to consider the salary of the pastor who visits. We show alternative ways of breaking down the budget.
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51,800 |
Support all the attendees at worship services in San Mateo County |
50,000 |
Hire and support a new regional part-time pastor |
40,000 |
Support a currently hired part-time pastor |
31,000 |
Support all the attendees at worship services in San Francisco |
10,000 |
Support a part-time assistant pastor |
8,600 |
Support all the attendees at worship services in Santa Clara County |
5,600 |
Support all the attendees at worship services in the East Bay |
4,500 |
Liability insurance and financial services |
3,000 |
Mileage reimbursement for one pastor on average at 20 cents/mile |
1,500 |
Telecommunications charges |
1,200 |
Printing and mailing song sheets and music |
960 |
Online advertisements to publicize events, recruit board members and volunteers |
500 |
Attend a recruiting event, includes materials and booth fee |
360 |
Web hosting and Internet charges |
300 |
Music licenses that enable us to stream or copy music. In addition, we may pay extra for special accompaniments and sheet music. |
200 |
Entertainment of recruits and partners |
200 |
Online Zoom license to support multiple pastors and longer services |
80 |
Support one attendee at a worship service for a year |
48 |
Support mileage tracking software for one pastor |
