Ways to Give
Your ongoing support empowers Haitian women through financial services, education, and programs that strengthen families and communities, guided by the highest standards of transparency and accountability.
Fonkoze USA is 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
Your donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
Read our Fundraising Disclosure Statement
Donate Online Now
To make a donation through our secure donation page, click here.
Donate by Mail
Mail a check or money order to the following address:
Fonkoze USA
1828 L Street NW, Suite 820
Washington, DC 20036
Planned Giving
Planned giving is one of the most selfless and enduring ways to make a difference. It reflects a deep commitment to the future—an act of hope that extends beyond your lifetime. By including Fonkoze in your long-term plans, you become part of a legacy that empowers generations of Haitian women and families.
Planned giving offers a unique opportunity to support Fonkoze’s mission while providing you with potential income and financial benefits. Whether through a bequest, IRA charitable rollover, charitable gift annuity, or another planned giving vehicle, you can create a lasting impact for Haiti’s women and families—and potentially receive steady income, tax advantages, and estate planning benefits. It’s a meaningful way to align your values with your legacy and help build a future where every Haitian woman and family can thrive.
Donor Advised Fund (DAF)
Donor Advised Fund (DAF)
A donor-advised fund (DAF) is a type of giving program that allows you to combine the most favorable tax benefits with the flexibility to easily support your favorite charities. An increasingly popular charitable vehicle, DAFs are an excellent way to both simplify your charitable giving and facilitate your strategic philanthropic goals.
How does it work?
- Establish your DAF by making an irrevocable, tax-deductible donation to an investment firm such as Fidelity Charitable that sponsors a DAF program
- Advise the investment allocation of the donated assets (any investment growth is tax-free)
- Recommend grants be given to Fonkoze USA.
What are the main advantages of a donor-advised fund?
- Simplicity: The DAF sponsor handles all record-keeping, disbursements; tax receipts.
- Flexibility: Timing of your tax deduction can be separate from your charitable decision making.
- Tax-efficiency: Contributions are tax-deductible and any investment growth in the DAF is tax-free. It is also easy to donate long term appreciated securities, eliminating capital gains taxes and allowing you to support multiple charities from one block of stock.
- Family legacy: A DAF is a powerful way to build or continue a tradition of family philanthropy.
- No start-up cost: There is no cost to establish a donor-advised fund. However, there are often minimum initial charitable contributions to establish the DAF (typically $5,000 or more).
- No transaction fees: Once approved, 100% of your recommended grant goes to your qualified charity of choice.**
- Privacy if desired: Donors may choose to remain anonymous to the grant recipient.
Invest in the Fonkoze USA Loan Fund
Some of Fonkoze USA’s fundraising activities are available only to Accredited Investors as defined in Rule 501 of the Securities Act of 1933. Please contact Fonkoze USA, or call 202-628-9033 for details.
Give the Gift of Stock
Appreciated securities are perhaps the most cost-effective assets to use in making a gift. When you transfer ownership of a long-term holding to Fonkoze USA, you receive a charitable deduction for the full market value and you incur no capital gains tax. Show More
Make a donation of stock to Fonkoze USA (EIN: 52-2022113) by electronic transfer After reading the instruction sheet Fonkoze_Stock_Donation_Form_09_25, ask your broker or bank to wire the number of shares of stock you wish to donate to:
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
DTC #141
Fonkoze USA Inc, Account 1046-5858
According to IRS regulations, the date of your gift for electronically transferred stock is the date it arrives in Fonkoze USA’s account. For gifts of stock transferred by mail, use this form, the date of gift is the date the stock certificate and Irrevocable Stock Power are postmarked. Fonkoze USA will send you a letter acknowledging your gift to use in claiming a charitable deduction for income tax purposes. Make a donation of stock to Fonkoze USA (EIN: 52-2022113) and hold the stock certificate. After looking over the instruction sheet, complete the following steps.
- Send the certificate(s), unsigned, via Registered Mail to Fonkoze USA.
- Fill in and sign the Fonkoze_Stock_Donation_Form_09_25 and mail it to Fonkoze USA or Wells. DO NOT sign or fill in the back of the certificate to transfer it to Fonkoze USA. This saves the extra expense of first transferring the stock to Fonkoze USA on the corporation books and then immediately transferring it again when Fonkoze USA sells it.
- Mail the Stock Certificate and Stock Power Form to either:
Erlantz Hyppolite, Executive Director
Fonkoze USA
1828 L Street NW, Suite 820
Washington, DC 20036
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
747 Third Avenue, Suite 1003, New York, NY 10017
4. Download the Notification of Gift of Stock form. Fill it out and mail or fax it back to Fonkoze USA at +1 (202) 628-9035.
5. Call Fonkoze USA +1 (202) 628-9033 to notify us of your Gift of Stock so that we may send you an acknowledgment letter in a timely mannerWells Fargo Clearing
Services, LLC
Double Your Impact: Employer Matching Program
Corporate matching gifts are donations made by a company to a nonprofit that an employee has supported. To find out if your employer has a matching gift program, please contact your human resource department. Fonkoze USA is 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Your donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
Read our Fundraising Disclosure Statement
Mail a check or money order to the following address:
Fonkoze USA
1828 L St NW, Suite 820
Washington, DC 20036
Appreciated securities are perhaps the most cost-effective assets to use in making a gift. When you transfer ownership of a long-term holding to Fonkoze USA, you receive a charitable deduction for the full market value and you incur no capital gains tax.
Corporate matching gifts are donations made by a company to a nonprofit that an employee has supported. To find out if your employer has a matching gift program, please contact your human resource department.
Fonkoze USA is 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Your donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
“If you know Haiti, I’m willing to bet you know Fonkoze. A Haitian organization creating impact at scale for more than 30 years, Fonkoze’s countrywide network of branches has supported our clients and members through crises big and small. I feel lucky to have had the chance to work for Fonkoze on the ground and to witness the life-changing impact clients experience. I will never forget the joy of a Chemen Lavi Miyo (CLM) graduation: the music, the fellowship, and the testimonies of proud graduates after 18 months of hard work. In the words of one such graduate: “Now, I am a person.” I am inspired, too, by the dedication and passion of our Haitian staff who work tirelessly and in incredibly difficult circumstances to reach our clients. I’m proud to serve on the board of Fonkoze USA as we continue to combat poverty and empower Haitian families to build better futures.”LinkedIn
I was moved to support the Fonkoze family after seeing its incredible work in Haiti firsthand during a trip in 2012. Few, if any, organizations have national reach and are literally — and physically — invested throughout the country with durable human and service-delivery infrastructure. That model of ‘leaving no Haitian behind’ continues to inspire me.
In this recent crisis, the international development community and many critical organizations have retreated from Haiti. In stark contrast, Fonkoze is still standing and fighting to ensure its work supporting Haitian women perseveres. This of course hasn’t come without major challenges, but it speaks to a key truth about Fonkoze: we are Haitian-led and we are embedded in communities around the country…so we don’t run or give up when the going gets tough. In fact, that’s when we’re needed more than ever.
