Your tax-deductible gift can be made by cash, check, credit card, or securities. Make sure to ask if your or your spouse’s employer has a matching gift program. If you your company is interested in making a matching gift, please forward them the Alice Paul Institute's tax identification number: 22-2545-683.
 

IMPACT OF GIVING Your support and the contributions of others enable API to provide educational and leadership development activities that are affordable and open to a diverse constituency. And, it also allows API to maintain and preserve Paulsdale, Alice Paul’s birthplace and family home as a historical and community resource for future generations.   Thanks to the generous support of our donors, in 2009 API: conducted more than 41 Meeting Alice programs for 750 students from eight schools conducted 25 open house and special tours for more than 1000 visitors held its second triennial Alice Paul Equality Awards for more than 200 people to celebrate the life and achievements of five outstanding women received its first grant from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) to hire an intern to research and write lessons plans for elementary, middle and high school teachers for the New Jersey Women’s History Website conducted two Looking At Careers panels for 250 high school students in Winslow Township and Willingboro presented Girlblazers Summer Camp for 25 girls from St. Joe’s Pro  and LEAP Academy presented the Girls Share Their Voice Report at the Freedom on Our Terms Conference at Hunter College, New York City,  in collaboration with Delaware Valley Grantmakers and PNC Bank in Philadelphia, and at the Mid-Atlantic Women’s Studies Association’s Annual Conference at Penn State University, Abington and shared the report at the 18th annual Women’s Studies Conference at Southern Connecticut State University    hosted six “Days of Discovery” programs for more than 100 Elderhostel attendees (adults 55 and older) piloted  Alice Paul and the Leadership Parade, a history/character education program for 1st -3rd graders for 50 students at Ridge Park Elementary School in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania conducted four GOLD (Girls Overnight Leadership Development) programs for 80 girls at Paulsdale

NEWS IRA ROLLOVER EXTENDED! If you are 70 ½ or older (or know someone who is), you can roll over your IRA distribution for this year to charity          This October, President Bush signed the $700 billion economic bailout bill (H.R. 1424, The Financial Rescue Package), which includes a two-year extension of the IRA rollover provision. The provision, originally enacted as part of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA), permits IRA owners starting at age 70½ to make tax-free charitable gifts totaling up to $100,000 per year from their IRAs directly to eligible charities.  The provision will be made retroactive to January 1, 2008, and will apply to gifts made from that date through December 31, 2009.     The provision exempts from taxable income any funds transferred (“rolled over”) from and Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to a charitable organization such as the Alice Paul Institute. Here is how it works: The donor requests his or her IRA plan administrator to transfer funds to the Alice Paul Institute (donor-advised funds, supporting organizations, and private foundations are not included under the provisions).   The IRA administrator transfers funds directly to the API.   This “qualified charitable distribution” is excluded from the donor’s adjusted gross income. By transferring your IRA distribution to the Alice Paul Institute, you will become a member of the Alice Paul Legacy Society, a group of individuals who are supporting API beyond their lifetimes, enabling us to continue our work in developing future “Alice Pauls” in years to come.   You can also help support API by making us the beneficiary of your IRA. Doing so can eliminate the income tax, estate tax and generation-skipping transfer tax that could otherwise consume nearly 80%  of your retirement account before it goes to your heirs.  For more information consult your lawyer.   If you are interested in knowing about other planned giving opportunities, please contact Rhonda DiMascio, President, at 856-231-1885.

METHODS OF GIVING   Online By Phone 856-231-1885 By Mail P.O. Box 1376, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

DONOR RECOGNITION

One Person Can Make a Difference - Remember API in Your Will

        Professionally, Schindlinger is executive vice president of Verve Internet Solutions/ BoardEffect, a Philadelphia-based Internet communications firm specializing in creating online solutions for the nonprofit sector.

          Asked what inspired her to make provisions in her will at such an early age, Schindlinger said, "I decided to write a will after learning about Terry Schiavo who was disabled at age 26 and because she hadn't made provisions in a living will became the subject of a national debate. In creating my will, I had the opportunity to think about what sort of legacy I wanted to have.  By adding a sentence making a bequest to the Alice Paul Institute, I made sure that although I hope to be around a long time, I can still make a difference after I'm gone."

         Making a will was extremely easy, Schindlinger said.  "I used a computer program I downloaded from the Internet, and a family member who is an attorney reviewed the document to make sure there weren't any major problems. It took me about an hour to create the first draft and perhaps another hour to make some changes after I spoke to my family.  I then had a notary witness my signature.  The cost was $75, and the whole process took less than an afternoon."

        Schindlinger credits her association with API for making her a better leader and a stronger person.  "I chose to make API a beneficiary in my will because I believe that Alice Paul's legacy must continue and we need strong women leaders who will work tirelessly to make equality a reality," she said.

       "We hope other members will follow Dottie's example," said Kim Moon, co-chair of API's Development Committee.

      For information about the legal language to include in your will or other questions, please contact API at info@alicepaul.org or 856-231-1885.