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Fonkoze USA is a BBB Charity Seal Holder, maintains a four-star rating with Charity Navigator and is a GuideStar Partner In Trust.

Donate Online

The process is very simple and completely secure – make your online donation today to help alleviate poverty in Haiti!

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Donate By Mail

Send your tax-deductible donation via check or money order today to

Fonkoze USA
1700 Kalorama Road NW, Suite 102
Washington, DC 20009

Become a Pledge Partner

Make a recurring donation via credit card to Fonkoze USA on a monthly basis.

Fill out the Pledge Partner participation form

Congregational Partnership or Local Support Group

Congregations, schools and universities, and local Fonkoze support groups throughout the United States come together to support the work of Fonkoze. If interested in kicking off a local effort, please contact the DC office at 202-628-9033 to receive the support you need in your efforts.

Learn more about the Congregational Partnership Program

Give the Gift of Stock

Appreciated securities are perhaps the most cost-effective assets to use in making a gift. When you transfer ownership of a long-term holding to Fonkoze USA, you receive a charitable deduction for the full market value and you incur no capital gains tax. DO NOT sell the stock and send cash, as that will cause you to incur capital gains tax.

Learn how to make a gift of stock

Make a donation of stock to Fonkoze USA by electronic transfer

After reading the instruction sheet, ask your broker or bank to wire the number of shares of stock you wish to donate to:

DTC # 0164 to: Charles Schwab
For Benefit of: Fonkoze USA
Account Number: 9110-1506

According to IRS regulations, the date of your gift for electronically transferred stock is the date it arrives in Fonkoze USA’s account. For gifts of stock transferred by mail by Irrevocable Stock Power, the date of gift is the date the stock certificate and Irrevocable Stock Power are postmarked. Fonkoze USA will send you a letter acknowledging your gift to use in claiming a charitable deduction for income tax purposes.

Make a donation of stock to Fonkoze USA and hold the stock certificate

After looking over the instruction sheet, complete the following steps.

1. Send the certificate(s), unsigned, via Registered Mail to Fonkoze USA or Charles Schwab.
2. Fill in and sign the Irrevocable Stock Power Form and mail it to Fonkoze USA or Charles Schwab. DO NOT sign or fill in the back of the certificate to transfer it to Fonkoze USA. This saves the trouble and expense of first transferring the stock to Fonkoze USA on the corporation books and then immediately transferring it again when Fonkoze USA sells it.
3. Mail the Stock Certificate and Stock Power Form to either:
   • Leigh Carter, Executive Director
     Fonkoze USA
     1700 Kalorama Road NW, Suite 102
     Washington, DC 20009
   • Charles Schwab and Co, Inc
     Orlando Operation Center
     PO Box 628291
     Orlando, FL 32862-9925
4. Download the Notification of Gift of Stock form . Fill it out and mail or fax it back to Fonkoze USA at  +1 (202) 628-9035 .

Planned Giving

Fonkoze USA accepts a number of different types of planned gifts.

• Bequests—Designate Fonkoze USA as a beneficiary in your will.
  Leave a legacy of support for the poor—remember Fonkoze in your will. Fonkoze will put your bequest into a special endowment account in your name, which will be used to support Fonkoze's work for years to come. To include Fonkoze in your will, use the following phrasing: “I bequeath to Fonkoze USA, a non-profit organization incorporated and headquartered in Washington, DC, the sum of $______ (or ___%) of the remainder of my estate."
• Designate Fonkoze USA as a beneficiary of a Charitable Trust. 
• Designate Fonkoze USA as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy. 
• Donate real estate to Fonkoze USA by setting up a life estate.

If you have any questions, please contact Leigh Carter at Fonkoze USA.

Sponsor a Branch Office

Fonkoze is Haiti’s only nationwide microfinance bank serving the needs of Haiti’s rural poor, with 46 branch offices nationwide. Fonkoze is constantly expanding its presence into even more rural areas to reach clients that have no other access to formal financial services. You can help Fonkoze serve these hard-to-reach clients by sponsoring a branch office in Haiti.

For more information on how you can help sponsor a branch office, please contact Anne Hastings.

Corporate Matching Gifts

Get your employer involved in alleviating poverty in Haiti!

• Ask your employer for a company form to submit along with your donation, for Fonkoze USA to process and send back to the employer. Shortly afterward, the company will send Fonkoze USA a matching gift.

OR

• Send us your donation first. After you receive an acknowledgment from Fonkoze USA, thanking you for your contribution present it to your matching gifts officer. Your company can then complete the submission process.

For more information on how to get your employer involved, contact Fonkoze USA at 202.628.9033.

Your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Fonkoze USA’s Tax ID number is 52-2022113.

In Kind Donations

Fonkoze welcomes the donated professional services of lawyers, accountants, public relations specialists, technology experts, and others. We also welcome donated computer and office equipment. Donated services and equipment are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.

For more information, please contact Fonkoze USA.

Invest in Our Loan Fund

Some of FONKOZE USA's fundraising activities are available only to Accredited Investors as defined in Rule 501 of the Securities Act of 1933. Please contact Fonkoze USA if you are interested, and Fonkoze USA will then send you the information you need to make an informed decision regarding making a loan to our loan fund.