The General Fund

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Our General Fund supports everything we do, but  because of IRS rules, donations to this fund are not tax deductible. 

Donate Online to LWVCS General Fund

 
The LWVCS General Fund supports everything we do, including:

• LWVCS Actions such as:
  • Advocacy for a League position
  • Urging action to affect a piece of legislation
  • Legal actions, when necessary
    
    
• Ongoing operations such as:
  • General membership and community activities
  • Fundraising efforts 
  • All our Infrastructure  -  including:
    • The LWVCS booth and materials for public events
    • Online outlets such as:
      • The LWVCS.ORG website 
      • Our YouTube Channel
      • Facebook
        
      • Instagram.
        
    • Other support technology
      
      
• Special community informational events
  
  
•   And all our educational and voter-support activities

Donations to our General Fund, while greatly appreciated and well-managed, are not tax deductible.

Donate Online to LWVCS General Fund


Note: By IRS requirements, General Fund donations must be made separately from donations to our Education Fund.

The Education Fund

Donate Online

 

If tax deductibility of your donation is important for you, consider donating through the mechanism of the Education Fund, administered for us by the California State League of Women Voters.

Donate through the LWV California Education Fund

The Education Fund is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy educational organization used to conduct voter service and citizen education activities.
By IRS rules, donations to this fund can only be used for:

• Nonpartisan voter information: 
  • Election Forums - Candidate Forums and Ballot Measure Pro/Con's
  • Voter Guides - both online and print
  • "Your Elected Officials" contact lists 
    
    
• Building citizen participation in the democratic process:
  • Get Out The Vote (GOTV) activities
  • Voter registration events
  • Civics Education Initiatives
  • Youth voting outreach
  
  
• Community Education Projects:
  • Events and publications on specific community  issues,  free of  advocacy for any particular bill or ballot measure, that enable people to seek positive solutions to public policy issues through information and conflict management
  • Contributions to the Education Funds of the National or California Leagues ( LWVEF or the national LWVCEF)
  • Local Observer Corps at public meetings

Your Check for the 
General Fund

must be made out to either:

 

LWVCS

      or to

 

LWV Cupertino-Sunnyvale

Donations to our General Fund, while greatly appreciated and well-managed, are not tax deductible. 

By IRS requirements, General Fund donations must be kept separate from donations to our Education Fund.

Your Check for the 
Education Fund

must be made out to either:

 

LWVCEF

      or to

 

League of Women Voters of California Education Fund

 

Donations to our LWVCS Education Fund are received and managed by the League of Women Voters  of California Education Fund (LWVCEF) , a 501(c)3) corporation, and are fully tax-deductible where allowed by law.

By IRS requirements, Education Fund donations must be kept separate from donations to our General Fund.