There are many ways you can make a financial donation to NSGA:
- Donate online
- Direct mail
- United Way of Canada –Centraide Canada
- Special Occasions
- Gifts of Investments / Listed Securities
NSGA is a registered Canadian charity (#137152385). Tax receipts will be issued for any amount.
Donate Online Through CanadaHelps.org
NSGAhas partnered with CanadaHelps.org, a not-for-profit charity portal and a registered public foundation that seeks to promote and facilitate philanthropy through online giving. CanadaHelps.org offers its services at no cost to the charity or the donor. To donate to NSGA simply click on this link and follow the instructions!
You can make a one-time donation, monthly contributions or an in memoriam gift. All information entered is strictly confidential and securely protected.Donor information is only provided to the charity to which the donation has been made. Donations can be made anonymously by checking the appropriate box.
Donations made through the CanadaHelps.org website are treated in the same way as regular receiptable charitable donations. Usually within minutes of successfully completing a donation, the donor receives an e-mail notification confirming the transaction. Because CanadaHelps.org is a registered public foundation, donors are e-receipted for a donation to CanadaHelps.org in compliance with Canada Revenue Agency requirements. The donation is processed and funds are directed to the NSGA.
Direct Mail
If you prefer to support NSGA offline, you can send a cheque to NSGA. If you wish to make a regular monthly or annual donation, you can send us post-dated cheque(s). All such donations will be receipted within the year of donation.
Simply download and print our donation form and send your donation payable to NSGA to the Halifax NSGA Office at:
17-1574 Argyle Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3J 2B3
United Way of Canada –Centraide Canada
By naming Nova Scotia-Gambia Association, charity number 137152385, on your United Way/Centraide return, your employee deductions will be automatically designated for NSGA. We, in turn, will receive quarterly payments on your behalf. Your charity receipt will be prepared by United Way. Please consider this method when September payroll deductions plans are made available.
Special Occasion and In Memoriam Donations
Celebrate special events in your life – weddings, births, birthdays, retirements, memorials, holidays – with a donation to NSGA on behalf of your friend or family member. We send that person a card or letter (or we can send it to you so that you can mail it yourself). You’ll receive a tax receipt for the amount of the gift. The recipient of the card will share in the knowledge that this gift will help children and youth in Africa lead healthier lives.
Donations made in memory of a loved one will be acknowledged with abereavement card on your behalf.
To make a special occasion or in memoriam donation, please contact the Halifax NSGA Office at:
17-1574 Argyle Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3J 2B3
Gifts of Investments/Listed Securities
Listed securities including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, futures traded on approved stock exchanges in Canada, and major international exchangescan be donated to registered charities such as NSGA. The Government of Canada has eliminated capital gains on the donation of such securities. You will also receive a charitable donation receipt for the entire amount of the market value of the securities, just as if your gift had been a cash donation.
To derive the tax benefits, you must transfer the securities directly to NSGA or to CanadaHelps, not sell them first.
You can make a gift of securities two ways:
1. Through NSGA’s broker, for details contact June Boswell at:
Nova Scotia-Gambia Association
1574 Argyle Street, Suite 17
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3J 2B3
Tel: 902 423-1360
2. Through CanadaHelps.org:
CanadaHelps is proud to be the first charity in Canada to accept gifts of securities donations online. Link to Canada Helps, complete the online process with financial information and donor details. Sign and give your financial advisor your Letter of Authorization. You will receive your tax receipt by e-mail once the shares have been sold; and NSGA will receive the funds.