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Growing Food. Growing Community. Giving Back.
Your donation to EarthDance supports our efforts to grow healthy food for the community, educate beginning organic farmers & gardeners, and empower community members to lead more connected, resilient lives.
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Many ways to donate
Your support for our mission can take many forms. In addition to contributions to our annual fund online or with a check, we are pleased to accept:
- Gifts of stock
- Tax-free charitable IRA gifts
- Monthly subscription gifts
- Tax Credits
- Employer matching gifts
- Tribute and memorial gifts
- Legacy gifts
- Some in-kind contributions
Gifts of Stock
Did you know that when you donate appreciated stock, you may avoid the tax on the gain while deducting 100% of the value of the contribution? That makes stock gifting one of the most tax-advantaged ways to give. And when you donate stock, we get to keep the proceeds that would have gone to pay taxes – it’s a win-win for you and us! And now it’s fast, safe, and free to donate stock to EarthDance Organic Farm School.
We have partnered with DonateStock.com to enable our supporters to make stock donations in 10 minutes or less. By clicking on the DonateStock button below, you can initiate a stock gift from your brokerage through a secure portal in minutes at no cost to you.
Tax-free charitable IRA gifts
Withdrawals from individual retirement accounts typically are subject to federal income taxes. However, IRA account holders can withdraw funds without incurring any income tax liability using a qualified charitable deduction. Starting at age 70 and a 1/2, each year, you can make a tax-free charitable gift from your IRA or certain other pre-tax retirement account. This is known as a qualified charitable distribution or a QCD. CLICK HERE to watch a short video about this way of giving!
Tax Credits
A donation made to EarthDance to fund our Go Solar Initiative is eligible for a 50% tax credit from the Missouri Department of Revenue. If you would like to support this initiative with a gift of$1000 – $10,000, thanks to the URBAN FARM INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT you’ll be eligible to receive a tax credit for 50% of the donated amount, up to $5000 per donor. Download our Solar Tax Credit Info Sheet to learn more.
Farmhands: EarthDance’s Monthly Subscription Membership
You can improve the resiliency of our local food system by becoming a member of EarthDance’s ‘Farmhands’ monthly membership program. Becoming a Farmhand will help us continue our pay-what-you-can produce distribution, food donations, farm-based education, and develop other solutions to meet the needs of people in our area. Learn more about the program (including Farmhands benefits!) HERE
Give to the Oscar Lee Orchard Fund.
This Fund is dedicated to Oscar Lee, a man who started his own fruit orchard on a sunny hillside in Los Angeles, CA in 1965. The money collected from this fund is reserved for use towards EarthDance’s efforts to maintain their fruit orchard and to use the orchard for the benefit of the community through education, research, and access to local, organic fruit.
Orchard Tribute Gifts at EarthDance
A tribute gift is a unique and thoughtful way to celebrate a milestone, remember a loved one, or to honor someone who has made a significant difference in your life or the lives of others. Tributes at various levels include a commemorative plaque in the orchard. Your tax-deductible gift will help us continue our mission to grow food, farmers, and community.
Legacy gifts
Leave a lasting legacy on behalf of a healthy and thriving St. Louis area by including EarthDance in your will or living trust. Please be in touch if you have questions about this type of giving or wish to inform EarthDance of a planned gift.
EarthDance
Attn: Development
233 S. Dade Ave.
Ferguson, MO 63135
Please contact Development Director, Rachel Levi, for more information at rachel@earthdancefarms.org or (314) 521-1006
EarthDance is a registered 501c(3) non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
Nonprofit Tax ID: 27-4160056