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To our Friends and Supporters of the League of Women Voters of Cupertino-Sunnyvale (LWVCS),


While our all-volunteer local organization functions totally through thousands of hours of effort by our members, it still takes money to cover our costs of delivering on our mission.

We ask non-members in our community, as well as members of our League, to help us financially as we continue our mission of empowering voters and defending democracy.  

The dues paid by our members are shared with the LWV National, California State, and County Leagues. The share of dues retained by LWVCS is less than 30%. 
100% of donations to LWVCS funds, both General and Educational, are retained by LWVCS.


Our work is important, both during and between major election years. We inform voters about the issues, help them learn impartially about candidates, and make sure that people are able to register to vote and get their votes in to be counted

That’s why we are asking you to donate today. 

 Yours in League, 

    

     Community Appeal Chair

How to Donate

Our local League has two types of functions,
 currently supported through two different funds:

The General Fund

The Education Fund


1. The General Fund - donate online

Donate to LWVCS General Fund

 
The LWVCS General Fund supports:

  • 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:
  • Special community informational events 



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


Donate to LWVCS General Fund


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


2. The Education Fund - donate online

Donate to LWVCS Education Fund

The Education Fund is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy educational organization used to conduct voter service and citizen education activities such as:

  • 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

Donations to our 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.

 
Donate to LWVCS Education Fund


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

If you would prefer to use checks:


You can download a form by clicking the button below,
 then print it, fill it out,
and mail it along with your check(s).

 Please Note:

If you donate to both funds, (thanks!)
please write/enclose 2 SEPARATE CHECKS:

~ One for the Education Fund
made out to:
 "LWVCEF" (or "League of Women Voters of California Education Fund")
PLUS
~ Another for the General Fund
made out to:
 "LWVCS" (or "LWV Cupertino-Sunnyvale") 


Why separate checks?
By IRS requirements, we now must keep 
General Fund donations totally apart from Education Fund donations.
Thank you for helping us to comply.

 

 

Please click here to
DOWNLOAD DONATION FORM
 then print it, fill it out,
and mail it along with your check(s).

 


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LWV Cupertino-Sunnyvale (LWVCS)
PO Box 2923
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Email: info@lwvcs.org