Gifts to our annual fund support signature programs like the Liberty Teaching Fellowship and KIPP Forward, along with providing our students with additional access to technology, extracurricular activities, and ensuring that we can retain the best teachers in the city.
There are many ways you can give to KIPP Philadelphia and help our students to and through college! See below for more details.
Credit Card or EFT: Donate online here.
Check: Checks can be made payable to: “KIPP Philadelphia Schools”. Please mail your donation to the following address:
Attn: Development
5070 Parkside Avenue, Suite #3500D
Mailbox 41
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Payroll Deductions: Regular payroll deductions can be taken automatically at your workplace as part of the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey’s (UWGPSNJ) Donor Choice Program. KIPP Philadelphia Schools’ Donor Choice ID number is 51002. Corporate Giving: If your company runs a workplace campaign and you wish to make a pledge that will be counted towards that campaign, please email [email protected] for more information..
We are happy to accept gifts of stock. Our broker information is listed below-please email [email protected] to alert us of your intended donation.
Please deliver these securities via the Depository Trust Corporation (DTC) 8862—MERRILL LYNCH 83A-02344 “KIPP Administrative Service Corporation.”
Correspondence should be directed to:
ATTN: Cecilia Shelton
Menashe Morley Group
Merrill Lynch
5951 La Sendita, BLDG A
PO Box 7297
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
[email protected]
P: (858) 381-8116
DOUBLE your impact by ensuring that you take advantage of your employer’s matching gift program. The majority of Fortune 500 companies have matching gift programs.
Simply visit your personnel office to ask if your company matches charitable donations. If they do, fill out the matching gift form completely and turn it in.
When you make your gift to KIPP, please let us know the contact information for your company’s matching gift program and we will be sure to follow up and make sure the matching gift comes through. Please see the attached list of companies with matching gift programs. This is a partial list and always changing.
Make your tax dollars work for KIPP Philadelphia Schools!
What is EITC? The Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC) is a national model providing greater access to high quality education through public/private collaboration. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania offers a unique opportunities for businesses in the state an opportunity to reduce their tax liability by contributing to registered organizations such as KIPP. Your gift to KIPP can generate tax credits from 75% of your contribution, up to a maximum of $750,000 per tax year. This can be increased to 90% of the contribution if your business pledges to provide the same amount for two taxable years.
Why tax credits? Tax credits are more attractive than a standard charitable donation. While deductions reduce your amount of taxable income, tax credits reduce your actual tax bill. Tax credits are utilized after your tax liability is established.
Is my business eligible? If your business is authorized to operate in Pennsylvania and pays one of the following taxes, you can register to be eligible for the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program:
How do I register my business? Eligible businesses may apply online each year by July 1st (for new EITC-approved organizations) or May 15th for existing EITC-approved organizations. For current information on the EITC program and the application, click on the “Apply” link from the PA Website. Please note that applications are approved on a first-come, first served basis. Also, the PA Department of Community and Economic Development will advise applicants directly if their request is approved.
When a loved one passes, you may wish to have friends make donations to KIPP in lieu of flowers. In this case, please email [email protected] or call 215.294.8596 to set up a Memorial Fund in the name of your loved one. Your friends can contribute online or by check, as long as they indicate the name of the Memorial Fund (or just the name of your loved one) in the memo.
Donors Choose is a website that allows our teachers to request materials for their classrooms beyond what is provided in the school’s annual budget. Teachers can request books for reading clubs, expensive technology, additional hands-on science materials, even items to play with during recess. Then you can fund that teacher’s project directly! To fund the classroom project of an individual teacher:
Interested in sponsoring an event or a student, classroom or building?
Contact [email protected] or call 215.294.8596
We hope you’ll consider including a gift to KIPP Philadelphia Schools in your will or living trust. For more information, email [email protected] or call 215-294-8596.
