MEETING INFORMATION:
How Do I Pay?
How Do I Pay?
How do I donate if I can't attend the meeting?
If you can’t attend, you are still expected to make your donation to the selected charity:
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- If you are signed up for the semi-annual recurring payment, you will be auto-charged and will not have to do anything
- If you are not signed up for recurring payments, you can use our ONLINE DONATION system to pay with a credit card, bank transfer, or via Paypal or Googlepay. This is explained below.
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ONLINE PAYMENT SYSTEM - PAY BY CREDIT CARD, BANK TRANSFER, PAYPAL OR GOOGLEPAY
We are pleased to offer an ONLINE PAYMENT system. The payment platform is run by Fundraise UP and supported by ICF (International Community Foundation) which is a US-based 501(c)3 charity so your donation is tax-deductible in the US.
Your cash donation does not give any of your contact information to the charity, thereby protecting your identity, but ICF will provide you with documentation in the form of a US-based tax receipt.
Quick facts about donating on the platform:
We are pleased to offer an ONLINE PAYMENT system. The payment platform is run by Fundraise UP and supported by ICF (International Community Foundation) which is a US-based 501(c)3 charity so your donation is tax-deductible in the US.
Your cash donation does not give any of your contact information to the charity, thereby protecting your identity, but ICF will provide you with documentation in the form of a US-based tax receipt.
Quick facts about donating on the platform:
- You will be invited by 100 Who Care Tecate to set up an ICF account or you can use any of the "donate" buttons on this website to make a donation.
- There are two ways to pay by credit card. The preferable method is to set up a semi-annual subscription which automatically charges your credit card after every meeting. You are free to change or cancel the subscription at any time. The second option is to go to the ICF website each time you want to pay by credit card and just pay for that meeting’s donation.
- You can also use the ICF platform to authorize your bank to transfer funds, or pay by Paypal or Googlepay.
- You can donate BEFORE or AFTER the meeting. It is not necessary to know the name of the charity. The donation goes to ICF, and after the meeting, we will provide them with the names of the three charities we have selected and how much goes to each ($500 each to two of them, the remainder to the third).
- For subscriptions, you will be charged at the time you set up your donation regardless of when the next meeting is, and every six months afterwards. So plan on setting up your first donation close to the time of a meeting.
- For the charity to get your full $250 donation, we are asking you to cover the credit card fee, ICF’s management fee, and a small fee to the Fundraise Up payment platform. ICF’s management fee includes sourcing and vetting local charities, collecting and disbursing funds, and providing us with a US-based tax deduction even though we’re funding Mexican charities.
- For tax purposes, you will receive a receipt from 501(c)(3) ICF. The charity will NOT RECEIVE any information about you.
- ICF will make the donations to the charities on our behalf as we direct them.
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Why can't I just send the donation to the charity myself?
- The goal of 100 Who Care Tecate is to make a large, collective donation that will have an impact on the Tecate community. Individual donations that trickle into a charity will not have the same impact or enable the charity to undertake a major project based on the single, large donation.
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Is my contribution tax deductible?
- Yes. Since your donation is being channeled through ICF, and ICF is a 501(c)3 organization, your contribution is tax deductible. Your credit card receipt from ICF is sufficient documentation of the tax-deductible donation. You may also receive a thank you letter from the charity.
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