GIVE

Our favorite option involves no transaction fees. Simply mail a check to 1515 CR 210 W Ste 107, St. Johns, FL 32259, or send a check via your bank’s online bill-pay feature. Contact your bank for information on online bill pay. If you would like self-addressed envelopes, please stop by the info table on Sunday or call 904.647.1200.

As you exit the auditorium, you will see Giving Boxes. You may give cash or checks at any time.

(If you give cash and would like it to be included in your giving totals, please provide your information with the gift.)

This is so easy to set up! Just text the amount you'd like to give ("$xx") to 84321, and follow the instructions. You'll receive a text back with a link to a receipt.

Visit the App page to download the version that's right for your device (See bottom of website for your app store).

Our app has so many practical uses, and it makes giving easy. Just click “Give” in the app, and follow the instructions.

There are significant tax advantages in giving shares of stock or other assets that have appreciated in value. For specific instructions on these kinds of gifts, please contact our office.

If you plan to give more than $5,000 in a single year, ask your financial planner about the advantages of a Donor Advised Fund from Schwab or Fidelity Investments.

Why Give Stock?

There are significant tax advantages in giving appreciated stock held for more than one year. The donor may take the full fair market value of the stock gift as a charitable deduction on his or her income taxes and neither the donor nor the church has to pay the long-term capital gains tax, which is 15% of the net appreciation of the stock.

The maximum deduction you may take within a given tax year is 30 percent of your adjusted gross income. If you are unable to take the entire deduction in one year, you may carry the excess deduction forward for five additional years. The long-term capital gains tax rate is reduced to 5% for those in the 10 percent tax bracket.

Illustration between 1) selling appreciated stock first and then giving the proceeds and 2) giving appreciated stock outright: