If you'd like to partner with us directly through your giving, please send us your offering to us at: The Elijah Challenge, P. O. Box 168, Barker, Texas, 77413-0168. The Elijah Challenge is a 501(c)(3) non-profit church organization and all donations are tax deductible.

To give with credit card

The Elijah Challenge accepts gifts of donated stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Donors in the United States can receive three kinds of tax benefits by donating appreciated securities:

1. Avoid capital gains tax on the gifted investment.
2. Receive a charitable deduction which offsets adjusted gross income.
3. The value of your estate is reduced which can reduce estate taxes.

The Elijah Challenge has an investment account at a discount broker for the purpose of receiving, investing and selling donated securities. For more information about making a donation of securities, please contact the financial advisor for our investment account, Lawrence Boyles of Retirement Specialists.

Lawrence may be reached in the USA at (281) 486-9800. Or you may contact us.

Gifts of Investments that have Declined in Value

If you have investments that have declined in value over the years and are interested in donating them to The Elijah Challenge, it is usually more advantageous to sell the securities first and contribute the proceeds as opposed to donating the securities outright. This strategy should allow you to claim a deduction for both the capital loss from the sale of the securities, and the charitable contribution. Call Lawrence Boyles if you need assistance with this.

If you shop for groceries at Kroger Supermarket in Texas or Lousiana, the store is willing to contribute a percentage of your total purchases to our ministry. Simply write us at P. O. Box 168, Barker, Texas, 77413-0168 or info@theelijahchallenge.org and request a Kroger Share Card, and we will send you the card. All you do is present the share card along with your own Kroger card at the check-out counter, and the cashier will do the rest. Kroger will total your purchases each quarter, and send our ministry a check.

 

Randalls Supermarket is also providing a similar service to their shoppers who want a portion of their purchase totals to be donated to The Elijah Challenge. Simply go to their Courtesy Booth, and tell them you want a Remarkable Application form for their Good Neighbor Program to link The Elijah Challenge to your Remarkable/Reward Card. At the very top of the application form, place a check mark next to "Good Neighbor Program." Fill in the information about your name and address, and then look down on the right side for the "Good Neighbor Program" box. Fill in your Remarkable Card number, and under that fill in the number "10053" (the Charity number assigned to The Elijah Challenge). If you would like more information about this, please write us at info@theelijahchallenge.org or to P. O. Box 168, Barker, Texas, 77413-0168.

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