You raised $295.00 on March 11, 2022 for our DU tax deductible Ukraine fund raiser

[Omaha Steve]

The link to donate has changed slightly. Please update your bookmarks to https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duforukraine

We reached our first goal of $1,000. The goal is now $2,500.

PLEASE keep this kicked today. Minimum donation is just $1.

Special $300 Tax Deduction

The Internal Revenue Service has a special new provision that will allow more people to easily deduct up to $300 in donations to qualifying charities this year, even if they don’t itemize. That is $600 for couples filing jointly.



Yesterday we made the DU front page under the cartoon.

[keithbvadu2]

1. If we donate via PayPal, GPay, or credit card, how much do they take out as their cut?

If we donate via PayPal, GPay, or credit card, how much do they take out as their cut?

I don't see a provision to donate via check.

[Omaha Steve]

2. 3.95% transaction fee on each contribution

I emailed customer service at ActBlue to get an answer on how to handle checks. I'll get back to you as soon as I get an answer.

OS

[keithbvadu2]

4. Thanks. I would rather donate more efficiently to the cause itself.

How Bernie's Small Donors Are Making Credit Card Companies Rich (or any politician)

($12 once is more efficient than $1 twelve times)

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2019/11/25/small-dollar-online-donors-politics-credit-card-processing-072949

Low-dollar, repeat contributions are a great talking point for campaigns. They’ve also resulted in a massive financial windfall for credit card processors resulting in less for the cause.

[Omaha Steve]

5. As soon as I get an answer about checks from ActBlue, I'll let you know

[Omaha Steve]

3. We started the day off with a $10 donation

[Omaha Steve]

6. We got a $100 donation this morning

[Omaha Steve]

7. We just had a $25 donation

[Omaha Steve]

8. We have had several donations come in during the last couple of hours