There Are Many Ways You Can Support OCA’s Work
Jump To: Donate – Give Monthly – Stocks – Crypto – Donor-Advised Fund – IRA – Estate Planning – Matching Gifts – Facebook – Community Foundations – Endowment – CRTs
One-Time Donation
There are three ways to make a one-time, tax-deductible donation to OCA:
•Mail your check to:
Organic Consumers Association
6771 South Silver Hill Drive
Finland, MN, 55603
•Call our office: +1-(218)-226-4164
Monthly recurring donation
When you set up a recurring monthly donation, you help provide valuable, predictable and sustained funding for the campaigns we wage on your behalf. Recurring monthly donations also help you budget your support of OCA, by allowing you to break up a single donation into monthly increments. And because it’s automated, you can set up the monthly donation, for as many months as you like.
Gifts of Stock
Do you own stocks, bonds, or mutual funds that you’d like to convert but don’t want to pay capital gains tax on the appreciation?
Giving non-cash property enables you to help OCA while conserving your cash for other uses. Plus, you may gain greater tax savings than you would if you made an equivalent donation of cash.
Using this secure tool, it only takes a couple of minutes to access OCA’s account information to share with a broker or, if your brokerage permits, fill out the forms online to complete the gift electronically.
Matching Gifts
Ask your employer about a matching gifts program. Your employer may be among the thousands of companies, including corporations, foundations, nonprofits and associations that match their employees’ charitable contributions—sometimes up to twice the amount of the initial gift.
In addition to matching gifts of cash, some employers will match your gift of stock or securities. Some even match gifts made by employee spouses, retirees and board members.
The process is usually simple and it’s a great way to increase the value of your donation!
Donor-Advised Funds
A donor-advised fund (DAF) allows you to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax benefit, and then recommend grants from the fund over time. They work a lot like a charitable savings account.
The Internal Revenue has published a guide to establishing a donor-advised fund. But, you should contact your accountant or financial consultant for advice tailored to your specific situation.
Already have a DAF? This quick and secure online tool from our partner, FreeWill, can help you recommend a grant in just a few minutes.
Gifts from your IRA
If you are 70.5 or older, IRA gifts are a powerful way to support OCA and possibly reduce your future tax burden. If you are subject to Required Minimum Distributions (RMD), making a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) allows you to meet your RMD without increasing your taxable income!
With this secure online tool, you can save time filling out all the necessary forms from your IRA custodian or print out what you need to get started.
Estate Planning – FreeWill
As you plan for the future of your family, please consider providing for the future of OCA’s work as well. Including OCA in your will lets you support your commitment to public health and the environment well beyond your lifetime. It’s easy to leave a bequest of any specific dollar amount, or a percentage of your estate, by including the proper language in your will.
OCA has partnered with FreeWill, which is the best online service for people to make their own will for free. It takes less than 20 minutes. You can also use this tool to draft your health directive.
Cryptocurrency
When you donate your cryptocurrency to OCA, there’s no capital gains tax to pay, meaning a larger impact on our work today. Donating your crypto in support of OCA may also allow you to receive a federal tax deduction against your income tax for the full value of the gift.
This secure online tool has no transaction fee, meaning 100% of your crypto gift will go towards supporting our work!
Create your own fundraiser on Facebook
Ask your social media networks to donate to OCA for your birthday. Or set up a Facebook fundraiser asking your friends to support a specific OCA campaign.
Community foundations
Some of our supporters make donor-advised contributions through their local community foundations. Community foundations make grants to a wide variety of charitable causes.
There are nearly 700 community foundations in the United States. Contact your local community foundation to learn how you can make a donor-advised contribution to OCA. You can find the community foundation in your city or state here.
Endowment
Every nonprofit struggles with operational costs and how to remain sustainable from year to year. You can help permanently support OCA by making an endowment gift.
Endowment funds are managed to grow steadily over time. Each year, some of the earnings from the funds are distributed. Over time, an endowment helps us count on steady funding to meet our budget expenses. If you have questions about creating an endowment for OCA, please contact accountant@organicconsumers.org, or call us at 218-226-4164.
Charitable remainder trust
Many families use charitable remainder trusts (CRTs) to increase their incomes, save taxes and benefit charities.
A CRT lets you convert a highly appreciated asset (like stock or real estate) into lifetime income. It reduces your income taxes now and estate taxes when you die. You pay no capital gains tax when the asset is sold. And it lets you help one or more charities that have special meaning to you.
Consult your financial advisor or accountant if you would like to donate to OCA through a CRT.
OCA EIN: 41-1908341
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is a grassroots 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization. We rely heavily on individual contributions in order to educate and advocate on behalf of more than a million consumers.
About 80 percent of our funding comes from people like you, who believe that we must organize millions of people to resist the corporate takeover of our food and farming systems, and hold politicians and government agencies accountable for decisions and policies that affect our health, and the health of our ecosystem.
Donations to the OCA are tax deductible.
Donations to our 501(c)4 lobbying arm, Citizens Regeneration Lobby (CRL), are used specifically to support political campaigns and our lobbying work. Click here to donate to CRL. Donations to CRL are not tax-deductible.
Have a question about a past or future donation? Please call us at (218) 226-4164 or email us at office@organicconsumers.org.