Donate to The Hill Arts!
The Campaign for The Hill Arts: bold, unique, collaborative. It’s What’s Next for our Vibrant City. Be a Part of It!
“As we work hard to earn community support, we’re seeking committed and significant philanthropic partners to help bring this project to completion.”
Jamie Isaacson, Campaign Chairman
Can you help? We’re excited to share The Hill Arts (Friends of St. Lawrence Church) and its exciting future promise with you!
Donations support a huge part of The Hill Arts’ operating budget. The Hill Arts is a 501(c)3 non-profit under the title ‘Friends of St. Lawrence Church’. Donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law and can be made several ways:
Credit Card. For your convenience, you can charge your donation to your credit card. The Hill Arts (Friends of St. Lawrence Church) accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover.
Checks. Make checks payable to: ‘Friends of the St. Lawrence Church’. Please complete the donation form at the top of this page and mail to: Friends of the St. Lawrence Church 76 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101
Securities. You can donate stocks and securities to The Hill Arts (Friends of St. Lawrence Church) and deduct the full appreciated value.
Please have your broker contact us. Our organization name has changed to The Hill Arts, however our account name is "Friends of St. Lawrence Church".
Our EIN is 01-0505729.
Your donations are essential and absolutely critical to ensure our ongoing success. We value your dedication to The Hill Arts (Friends of St. Lawrence Church) and we simply would not exist and could not keep our doors open without you! Thank you!
Other ways to give
Qualified charitable distributions. If you’re 70-1/2 or older, you can donate up to $100,000 per tax year directly from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to charities like The Hill Arts (Friends of St. Lawrence Church). Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD), otherwise known as IRA charitable rollovers or IRA gifts, are a great way to support our work by allowing your dollars to go further: QCDs may be excluded from your taxable income and qualify towards your required minimum distribution (RMD).
What are IRA charitable rollover rules? Here's how a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) works:
You must be 70-1/2 or older at the time of gifting your IRA to charity. 2. You may distribute an amount, up to $100,000 in a calendar year, to one or more public charities, so long as it is completed by December 31 of that year.
Your IRA administrator must make the distribution directly to the charity, or you may write a check to the charity from your IRA checkbook. Funds that are withdrawn by you and then contributed do not qualify.
Benefits of making an IRA gift. QCDs count toward your required minimum distribution for the year. If you have to take your required minimum distribution but you don't want or need the funds, QCDs are a good way to distribute the amount out of the IRA. As an added benefit, you'll avoid paying income tax on your gross income up to $100,000.
How to make an IRA qualified charitable distribution. Here are the steps to take to make a gift from your IRA:
Contact your IRA administrator and instruct that person to transfer funds to the charity you designate.
Help us credit your gift and thank you by having your IRA administrator include your full name and mailing address on the gift. Also, have your administrator note that the transfer is an IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution. We do not encourage restricted gifts.
If you'd like to make a QCD gift, your financial institution should make the check out to "Friends of the St. Lawrence Church" and identify you as the donor by name and address.