GIVING

Gifts by Check or Credit Card

Make a donation using your credit card or bank account/ACH.  You can give to multiple funds (Tithes & Offerings, Mercy Ministries, etc.) in one transaction. With an account* you can easily set up recurring donations and check your giving history. 

If you would like to cover processing fees for your online gift, the fee for credit/debit is 2.9% + 30 cents per transaction, and ACH is 1% + 25 cents per transaction.

 

*If you are a member or visitor to Redeemer and have given in the past, your account must be set up with the email address we have on file. If you are new to Redeemer and have not given in the past, please allow 48 hours before your account can be set up. Please contact Giving @ Redeemer with any questions.

Checks can also be mailed to:

165 Pulaski Street, Athens, GA 30601

OTHER GIVING OPTIONS

IRA Charitable
Distribution

For donors 72 years of age (73 if you reach age 72 after Dec. 21, 2022), you are eligible to make a qualified charitable distribution from an IRA up to $100,000.  For those taxpayers who do not itemize and claim the standard deduction, this creates tax savings as IRA charitable distributions are not included in your gross income.

Please contact giving@redeemerathens.com or call the office (706.227.3344) for more details on stock gifts to the church and IRA charitable distributions.

Gifts of Appreciated Stock or Mutual Funds

For those who have owned mutual funds, ETFs or stocks for at least one year that have appreciated in value, you may be eligible for a deduction based on the market value of your investments. Gifts of stock are often a preferred giving method by investors with taxable investment accounts as they can avoid long term capital gains tax on their holdings and claim a deduction for the fair market value of the donated shares. We recommend notifying us and your brokerage firm to ensure the transaction is completed by the end of the year. 

Retirement Plans

You can name Redeemer Presbyterian Church as a beneficiary of the remainder or a percentage of the remainder of your IRA, 401(k), tax-sheltered annuity, qualified pension, or profit-sharing plan.

For some people, retirement accounts can be the most highly taxed assets they own, since retirement-plan assets may be subject to both estate and income taxes. RPC is a tax-exempt institution, so when you name the church as a beneficiary of your qualified retirement plan, these assets can pass to Redeemer without being taxed.

To make this gift, you can simply notify your plan’s administrator of your wish to change the beneficiary. Complete your plan administrator’s “change of beneficiary” form. Redeemer’s tax identification number (EIN) is 58-2261942.

If your spouse and children are currently the beneficiaries of your retirement plan, you can continue to keep them as beneficiaries, and also include Redeemer Presbyterian Church as the beneficiary of a portion of the plan. When distributions are made, the plan administrator can “cash out” RPC’s share of the account without affecting your family’s portion of the account, so that Redeemer, and your heirs, benefit from your retirement savings.

Estate Plans

  • Charitable Bequest: Through your will you can name Redeemer as the beneficiary of a portion of your estate or of particular assets in your estate.

  • Charitable remainder trusts