WAYS TO GIVE
Mail a Check
Please make check payable to Enriching Lives through Music and send to:
Enriching Lives through Music
2955 Kerner Blvd, Suite B
San Rafael, CA 94901
Donate Monthly
$100 a month covers a young musician’s tuition
$50 a month pays for a violin for an ELM student
$25 a month provides a clarinet for an ELM student
Donor Advised Fund
You can now donate to ELM directly from your Donor Advised Fund if you are a Schwab Charitable or Fidelity Charitable account holder.
Gifts of Stocks and Securities
ELM is able to receive gifts of stock and securities through a simple and secure transfer of assets between financial institutions. Often a gift of stocks brings a donor a greater tax savings than a cash gift. You avoid paying capital gains taxes on the donated stock and receive a charitable deduction for its full fair market value.
Corporate Matching Gift Programs
To encourage philanthropy and support their communities, many companies have programs to ‘match’ charitable contributions made by their employees. Through corporate gift giving you can multiply your gift to Enriching Lives through Music.
Estate Planning
Remembering ELM in your estate planning is an easy way to make a lasting contribution that will help ensure ELMs sustainability. You may wish to consider a gift to ELM through a bequest in your will, life insurance policy, retirement assets or donor advised fund.
Text to Give
TEXT “GIVEELM” TO 44321
Make an IRA distribution
If you are 70½ years old or older, you can take advantage of a simple way to benefit ELM, reduce your required minimum distribution, and receive tax benefits in return.
Donate Instruments to ELM
Donate your gently used, in playing condition instrument today and we will pass it on to a child in need.
Please fill out our In-kind Donation Form to donate goods or services.
Shop and Give
Mill Valley Market has a giving program – Shop & GIve. When you mention ELM at checkout, MVM will donate 2% of your entire purchase. Mention our number #8025 when you checkout.
ELM provides primarily Latino youth from the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael with an immersive music education that empowers them to pursue their dreams and access resources they need to succeed in life.
ELM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our Tax ID is 46-3586448.