Your Tax-deductible Donation Funds Music Education for Children with Unusually Minor Overhead
We aim to keep administrative costs below 5% of net proceeds by having no salaries, paid staff, or office. For each dollar you donate, the overwhelming majority of it goes to fantastic organizations that benefit greatly from whatever generosity you can muster!
And as demonstrated by the diverse set of outstanding recipients of the grants awarded to date, the Foundation applies a rigorous review process that ensures your donations are wisely used to support high quality, innovation music education programs.
We prefer that donations be made online via our secure website, using a credit card or bank account.
PayPal
Donations may be sent to [email protected] with either a PayPal account or credit card, or directly at paypal.me/mockingbird.
Venmo & Zelle
You can now donate via Venmo to [email protected] or simply @mockingbirdfoundation; and via Zelle to simply Mockingbird.
Checks
Checks may be mailed to:
The Mockingbird Foundation
12407 Willow Grove Court
Moorpark, CA 93021-2758
Assets & Estates
Cars & other vehicles can benefit Mockingbird through CARS. You can donate stocks to our ECCF fund, and cryptocurrency to our Coinbase wallet. And we’re honored for Mockingbird to benefit from your estate planning. Contact [email protected] with questions about any of these forms of support.
Others?
Mockingbird was an early adopter of the low-cost alternative Dwolla, before it went B2B. Our fundraising also long benefited from easy round-up of credit card charges via BStow (now Cheerful Giving). We’re all ears for other alternatives, always elated to secure grant funds via whatever path you have or know. Just ask!
Employer Matches
Employer matches may be available to you, such as through Benevity, Charities Aid Foundation, CyberGrants, EasyMatch, Fidelity, YourDonation, or some other service. We are happy to provide the Foundation’s TIN/EIN (16-1529562) & 510(c)3 determination letter as needed.
Subscription Donations
In addition to the more than 3,386 one-time donors to the Mockingbird Foundation, 1,276 people have made multiple donations at some point since 1997. (The chart to the right excludes three outliers, who gave 199, 211, and 443 times!*)
We encourage you to consider setting up a recurring contribution, whether through Neon or PayPal. Subscription donations allow you to contribute as little as two dollars ($2) per month, accruing over time to substantial support. These automated regular contributions let you support music education on an ongoing basis, in smaller increments that build over time, without having to think about it again.
*Figures and chart current as of 6/6/22.
Memorial Donations
Memorial donations have been made to the Mockingbird Foundation upon the untimely passing of a number of loved and lost Phish fans. We are, when asked, honored to create a memorial page for such a purpose. Contact our executive director, Ellis Godard, at [email protected].
Acknowledgments will be sent by formal email and by postal mail when that is available but email address is not. For donors acknowledged via email, the Foundation will be happy, upon request, to provide a postal letter for tax purposes. Acknowledgments are also made via this website, unless anonymity is requested, and in specified increments.
