ways
to give
- How to Send Your Contribution: Donation Form
- Annual Campaign
- Back-to-School Drive
- Community-Wide Drives
Special Events:
Programs with businesses and online merchants
More ways to give:
- United Way
- Employer Matching Funds
- Is my contribution tax deductible?
- Transferring securities held by you
- Planned Giving
- Can I make
special tributes to friends and family?
Click here to see the donation form you should return with your contribution to the Foundation. Please mail the form with your contribution to P.O. Box 869, La Caņada Flintridge, CA 91012-0869
Annual
Campaign
The Foundation's Annual Campaign
includes two major drives: Back-to-School and Community-Wide. Your donations
to these drives can be directed to either the Foundation's Annual Campaign
or the Endowment Fund.
Back-to-School
Drive
In August, the Foundation kicks
off the Annual Campaign with a mailing to all school families. In September,
board members participate in Back-to-School nights, making presentations
in all elementary school classrooms and at the junior high and senior
high schools' parent assemblies. The goal of the Back-to-School Drive
is to provide all residents with children in the LCUSD with information
about the Foundation and to encourage 100% participation in the Foundation's
Annual Campaign.
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Community-Wide Drives
Each December and May, the
Annual Campaign is expanded to encompass the entire La Caņada Flintridge community.
These Drives provide residents who do not have children in the La Caņada
public schools with the opportunity to help their community by ensuring
the quality of our schools.
Save the date for Gala: March 25, 2006.
"Classroom
Classic" Golf Tournament
Support our local schools with a day of golf
at the La Canada Flintridge Country Club.
- Monday, September 25, 2006
- 6:30 am - 7:15 am: Check-In
Luncheon and awards at conclusion of Tournament. For more information or to sign up, please download our sign-up form or call 952-4268.
Last year's Jog-A-Thon raised over $90,000 - a new record! This year's Jog-A-Thon took place in November. This is an ideal way for grandparents (or other extended family members) to support the education of their grandchildren. Sponsor forms are distributed to each elementary school child several weeks before the event. Start practicing!
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Stay tuned for next year's car raffle! This year one lucky person won a 2006 Volvo S40! |
Programs with businesses and online merchants
Riteway Charity Services
Riteway Charity Services of Sun Valley will forward 100% of the net proceeds from used vehicle donations which are Foundation designated to benefit La Cañada public schools.
The process of donating a vehicle to support the Foundation is simple: All of the administrative details, including Department of Motor Vehicles paper work, bill of sale and transfer of title, are initiated by a phone call to Riteway or a visit to their website. The donor completes one form for release of liability, and then has his name removed from the title of the vehicle.
Riteway Charity Services is located at 9723 Glenoaks Blvd., Sun Valley, CA 91352. To donate, please call (888) 250-4490 or go to Riteway's website at http://www.ritewaycharityservices.com/
Union 76 Penny Per Gallon Program
Charlie Kamar has offered to give a penny per gallon of gas purchased on the 15th of the month to the Foundation. His station is located at the corner of Alta Canyada and Foothill Blvd.
Schoolpop
The Foundation has joined with Schoolpop to raise unlimited funds for our schools. You can shop at more than 250 merchants including big-name stores like Amazon, Gap.com, Nordstrom.com, Lands' End, L.L. Bean, J. Crew, Tower Records, Toys R Us, priceline.com and many more. A portion of every purchase is rebated to our schools - up to 20%. This program is provided at no additional cost to the schools or the shopper.
How Does Schoolpop Work?
1.
Go to www.schoolpop.com,
click on School search, enter zip code (91011)
2.
Select the La Caņada Flintridge Educational Foundation.
Start shopping
After years of administering scrip and e-scrip programs, in the 2003-2004 school year the school PTA's took over administering the program.
You can contribute to the Foundation by identifying the LCF Educational Foundation as your Designated Agency. If intended for the Endowment Fund, specify "LCF Educational Foundation - Endowment Fund". The Foundation's 5-Digit ID# is 35217.
Many companies match donations by their employees to charitable and other nonprofit organizations. This is an excellent way to increase your donation to the Foundation. The company's matching fund contribution counts toward your annual gift.
Is
my contribution tax deductible?
The La Cañada Flintridge Educational Foundation is a registered
non-profit California corporation. All qualified contributions
are tax deductible under applicable Federal and California tax laws.
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Transferring
securities held by you
Fortunately, Uncle Sam still encourages charity through the income tax
deduction. Despite many recent tax law changes, the charitable deduction
remains. There are a variety of ways you can help support the LCF Educational
Foundation while reaping the benefits of these deductions. A growing number
of LCF Educational Foundation donors are making contributions of stock
for two significant reasons:
- Donors
receive a deduction for the full current market value, not the original
cost.
- Donors
avoid the 20% capital gain tax on the stock's appreciation cost.
Example:
Mr. & Mrs. Jones own stock purchased for $4000 and now worth $10,000.
They are in the 25% tax bracket. They donate the stock, reducing their
income taxes by $2,500 and they avoid a capital gain tax of $1,200 (20%
of $6,000 appreciation) for a total of $3,700 in tax benefits. The net
result is the Foundation receives a gift of $10,000 that cost Mr. & Mrs.
Jones $300, the original cost of the stock minus the tax benefits.
Mail your unendorsed stock certificate to the attention of Sonja Bradley, Treasurer, c/o the LCF Educational Foundation, and include a transmittal letter indicating whether your gift is for the Endowment Fund or the Annual Campaign. Under separate cover, mail a stock power endorsed in blank, and include a copy of the letter that accompanies the stock certificate. The date of the gift for tax purposes is the latter of the two postmarks. For further information, call Kris Graf at the Foundation office at (818) 952-4268. You may also e-mail her at lcfef@lcusd.net.
Planned
Giving
You,
your families and friends can support the Foundation's commitment to
excellence in public education through a bequest, trust, IRA, gift annuity,
life
insurance, pension plan or other planned gift.
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Can
I make special tributes to friends and family?
You may designate a commemorative
gift by making the appropriate notation on the remittance envelope. Your
gift will be acknowledged promptly with a note to the individual or family
in whose name the gift was made.
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