Giving to the Barnabas Almsgiving Fund through donor-advised funds is a great way for you to receive a tax break, avoid taxes on appreciated securities, and support the life-giving work that we support. A donor-advised fund allows you to receive an immediate tax break from selling high-gain securities and determining later how to disburse those funds. These funds go by a variety of different names depending on your broker:

• Fidelity: Charitable Giving Accounts
• Vanguard: Vanguard Charitable
• Charles Schwab: Schwab Charitable

See your broker to determine how to set up a donor-advised fund and discuss with your financial advisor the tax advantages of such a fund and whether it make sense for you.

To contribute to the Barnabas Almsgiving Fund using your donor-advised fund, please use the following information:

Official Name: BARNABAS FUND
EIN: 45-4888043

Official Address:
1515 Patricia Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

If you decide to use a donor–advised Fund to contribute to the Barnabas Almsgiving Fund, please be aware of some issues donors have faced in the past. We are a small organization and all our staff are volunteers. We are required to have a street address listed as part of our 501 c.3 application. Since we have no permanent offices (which keeps our overhead extremely low), we use the street address of one our Board members for our official address. As these Board members may change or move, that street address may change over time. When it does change we immediately inform the government of the change of address. However, this change seems to take some months to percolate through the system. As a result, if you try to identify the Barnabas Almsgiving Fund to your broker by name or EIN, they may have an old street address that they will use to send your check to. Please always verify the street address is the one listed above. If you find that they are using an old street address, please change it or contact your broker to have your check sent to the correct street address or preferably our P.O. Box directly:

Barnabas Almsgiving Fund
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive
PO Box 415
Ann Arbor, MI 48106