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At IDEAS, we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to build a brighter future. Migrants and returnees face overwhelming challenges: getting residency status, establishing a new home and schooling for children, starting and growing their microenterprise, growing it to the point of needing to access the financial resources they need to succeed.
Your generosity makes it possible for us to offer life-changing training, mentorship, and financial tools that empower them to turn their dreams into reality. Serve migrants coming from Latin Americans and Mexican families sending and receiving remittances to strengthen their family businesses.
When Mexicans return from working in the US, they need a financial education as well. With your support we can help them find the financing they need to create thriving microbusinesses that support families and communities.
$50: Provides training materials for 5 participants to learn essential entrepreneurial and financial skills.
$125: Funds a participant’s attendance in our eight sessions over four weeks Financial Inclusion Course.
$250: Helps create awareness campaigns to inform migrants and returnees about the training and assistance program.
$500: Covers the cost of personalized consulting sessions for five micro-entrepreneurs to strengthen their businesses.
$1,000: Provides training for a nonprofit organization to expand their support for migrants.
$2,000: Covers the development of educational manuals for government and nonprofit partners on supporting migrant financial inclusion.
$3,000: Supports the development of additional strategic alliances across Mexico
$5,000: Funds workshops for government remittance agencies with 1750 branches to learn how to support their clients to build family businesses and support the economic and social potential of migrants.
$10,000: Helps IDEAS extend the Financial Inclusion Course to new regions of Mexico reaching more migrants who want to learn.
We have divided the types of donations into Cash Gifts and Non Cash Gifts.
Cash Gifts
There are three ways to make a Cash Donation.
Online Transfer of dollars
Your donation fuels programs that don’t just teach skills, they transform lives. You’ll be redirected to our secure website with Network for Good. Your information is protected, and you can complete the form and indicate the amount transfer from your account to IDEAS. You have the option to either donate the transfer fees or indicate IDEAS to cover the fee.
Mailing a check
You can send a check to: IDEAS, 1702 Dancing Fox Road, Decatur, GA 30032
Check from a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF)
A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) is a convenient and tax-efficient way to manage your charitable giving. Typically, a nonprofit organization sets up DAF and when you contribute to it, you receive an immediate tax deduction for your donation in its name. An extra advantage is you are not required to donate in the same year you donate to DAF. This flexibility allows you to make a larger contribution upfront and donate at your convenience over several years.
What You Need to Do:
Contact your DAF provider and recommend a grant to Southern Neighborhoods Network, which is the original name of IDEAS that the IRS uses. The DAF provider will want to use it to make sure that we are a tax-exempt non-profit. For more that 15 years, we have been registered legally to do business as IDEAS.
Contact us at
donations@ideasnet.org to provide you with accurate information, confirm and send the necessary documentation for tax purposes.
Non Cash Donations
The following are tax efficient ways to donate while obtaining other tax wise benefits.
Non-cash gifts can be transformative, not just for the lives we serve, but for your own giving strategy. If you have questions or need assistance with your gift, please contact us at donations@ideasnet.org
Qualified Charitable Distribution from IRA
Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from your IRA
If you’re 73½ or older, you are required by the IRS to make a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) each year. You can choose how much of that you want to give to us. A Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) reduces your taxable income while supporting IDEAS’ work.
What You Need to Do:
Instruct your IRA custodian to send a distribution directly to our original incorporated name that is Southern Neighborhoods Network. (We are legally doing business as IDEAS.)
Contact us at
donations@ideasnet.org for our account information and the giving amount. We will make sure to confirm receipt and provide you with the necessary acknowledgment for tax purposes.
Donation of Securities and stocks
Donating appreciated securities, such as stocks or bonds, allows you to make a significant impact while potentially avoiding capital gains taxes that you would have paid if you had sold your securities and then had the cash to make donations. It’s a win-win if you support IDEAS’ mission, and you may receive a tax deduction for the full market value of the securities.
What You Need to Do:
Contact your financial advisor and tell them the dollar amount you want to transfer. They will advise you on the names of the most appreciated securities. The brokerage will calculate the number of shares equaling that dollar amount.
They will transfer your selected securities to our Charles Schwab in the name of Southern Neighborhoods Network (the original name of our organization).
Contact us at
donations@ideasnet.org to get our account information that you will need to transfer to us. We will confirm receipt upon receiving your donation and send you an acknowledgment letter for tax purposes.
Donate your Crytocurrencies
Donating appreciated cryptocurrency is a tax-smart way to support IDEAS. You may avoid capital gains taxes and that you would have paid if you had sold it and then gifted it to a non-profit organization. IDEAS is still working on the channel for these donations.
Contact donations@ideasnet.org to learn more.
Ready to Make a Difference?
Thank you for considering a non-cash gift to IDEAS.
Together, we’re creating opportunities and empowering migrants and returnees to achieve sustainable futures.