Monthly or annual donations

Your monthly or annual donation will provide a consistent and reliable source of funding for grants from our established funds.

Online/Credit Card

Donate with your credit card through our safe and secure online Paypal portal. A Paypal account is not required.

Cash or Cheque

This type of gift can include outright gift or pledge of cash, cheques or money orders. Cash donations can be dropped off at the office during open hours – please do not mail cash. Cheques can be mailed or dropped off at our office; please make all cheques payable to “Osprey Community Foundation” and enclose a note or write the fund you wish to contribute to in the notes on the cheque.

Please include this Donation Form when sending in your gift.

E-transfer

On your bank account, set up the Osprey Community Foundation as a new e-Transfer recipient with the email admin@ospreycommunityfoundation.ca. E-transfers sent to this email are automatically accepted, security questions are not required. Important: In the message box include the Fund Name to which you would like your donation allocated and your name and address so we know where to send the tax receipt. Alternatively, include this information in an email and send it to admin@ospreycommunityfoundation.ca

Publicly traded securities – stocks and bonds

A gift of publicly-traded Canadian securities is the transfer of ownership of stocks or bonds to the Osprey Community Foundation. 

BENEFITS OF MAKING A GIFT OF PUBLICLY TRADED SECURITIES:

• It’s easy – securities can be transferred electronically
  By transferring your securities directly to Osprey Community Foundation, you eliminate the capital gains tax
• You receive a charitable tax receipt for the fair market value of the stock upon transfer
• If your donation exceeds the amount eligible for a tax credit in the year your gift is made, the excess credit may be carried forward for up to five years
• Reduce taxes to your estate: If you leave publicly traded securities to PoCo Community Foundation through your will, your taxable capital gain may be eliminated and your estate many claim a tax credit of up to 100% of your net annual income in the year of death and the year preceding

We use CIBC Wood Gundy to accept securities on our behalf. To donate securities, please complete this Gift of Shares Form for your investment advisor or broker and provide us with a copy at ed@ospreycommunityfoundation
Once we have received the form we can follow up with your advisor if there is any delay or question with respect to the receipt of the shares into our account. The value of your gift and receipt is determined as the end-of-day value the day the shares are received into our account.

A Bequest in your will

A gift in a will (often called a charitable bequest) may specify a certain sum of money, a particular asset, or a portion of an estate, to be donated to the Osprey Community Foundation. Donors of bequests can receive a substantial reduction in federal gift and estate taxes.

Learn more about bequests.

Real estate or other tangible property

A tax receipt is issued for the fair market value, as determined by appraisal, on the date of transfer.

A gift of life insurance

You can provide a sizeable future gift to Osprey at an affordable current cost, without reducing what you give to family and friends through your estate. The Osprey Community Foundation can be named as the beneficiary of your life insurance policy. If you designate the Osprey Community Foundation as the irrevocable beneficiary or owner and beneficiary of your life insurance policy, we will be able to provide you with an official receipt for income tax purposes for the amount of premium you pay each year.

If you wish to receive a same-year tax receipt, please ensure that payment is made no later than December 31. 

Cheques: please ensure that your cheque is mailed (and postmarked) no later than December 31.

Online: make online gifts before midnight (PST) on December 31.

Gifts of Securities: we recommend having your broker file all forms with CIBC Wood Gundy by December 19* in order to ensure that final ownership of the securities is transferred to the Osprey Community Foundation by December 31.