How to Donate
Donating to The Plantation Foundation is easy! Your gift can be made by check, credit card through PayPal or any of the ways listed below. Simply download a donation form, complete and email to [email protected], or print and mail the form to Chief Financial Officer at 101 Plantation Drive if you are donating by check.
If you prefer to donate right now by credit card through PayPal (it is safe and secure, and you do not need a PayPal account), click the donate button below.
Become a Sponsor
We appreciate all who give and all donors are recognized in the Morning Line and in our Annual Letter. Those who give $1,000 or more are additionally recognized as Sponsors for our scholars.
Become a Sustainer
Another option for giving is to request $50 or more be added to your Plantation bill each month. This will continue until you ask that it stop. The sustaining gifts give the Foundation a more consistent understanding of our cash flow for scholarships. Special recognition as a Sustainer will be noted in The Morning Line and in our Annual Letter.
Qualified Charitable Distribution
For those who are required to take minimum distributions (RMDs) from your IRA’s, consider this tax savvy way to benefit the Plantation Foundation and your tax bill. You can make a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) directly from your IRA to the Foundation. If you are interested in this type of giving, please contact your tax or investment advisor to determine if this opportunity is available to you. Our Treasurer, Carl Kraus, at [email protected] can work with you or your advisor to provide the necessary Foundation information.
Appreciated Securities
The Foundation also accepts appreciated securities. Please contact our Treasurer, Carl Kraus at [email protected] and he will work with your broker to affect the transfer.
Gifts of thanks, in memory of or in honor of
We have several ways to make these types of gifts. You can make them directly through the Foundation bynoting it on the donation form or by the use of the InLieu app, inlieu.com. This app encourages users to make donations instead of giving material gifts for occasions such as birthdays, hostess gifts and memorials. Download the app and make a gift to the Foundation as a “thank you” instead of a bottle of wine or flowers.
The Plantation Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit Section 501(c)(3) organization. Your contribution is tax deductible to the extent allowed by lawunder Internal Revenue Code Section 170. A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling toll free within the State (1-800-HELP-FLA) or online at www.fdacs.gov/Consumer-Resources. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the State. State registration #CH39297.