Donating to Wing of Madness
Wing of Madness is 100% member supported. Your contribution supports the Wing of Madness mission to provide information and community to people seeking answers about depression.
What does my donation pay for?
There are many costs associated with running Wing of Madness. The largest monthly cost is $30.00 to host the website. Other smaller costs associated with running the site are software to run and build the site and domain name reservations, which must be renewed every year. Deborah does not draw any compensation at this time and does not plan to in the future.
One goal that we are saving toward is the cost of filing a 501(c)(3) application (Federal Tax Exempt Status). For charities, this means that they can accept contributions and offer donors a tax deduction for their gifts. For donors like you, this will mean that your contributions would be fully tax-deductible to the amount allowed by law. If this status is granted by the IRS, then all contributions to Wing of Madness will qualify as tax-deductions. Not only is this a benefit to individual contributors, but it opens up the possibility of approaching corporations and foundations for grants and donations. The application fee is $500. We hope to have enough money to file by the end of 2006.
How do I donate?
There are two ways to donate electronically - through Paypal and through Amazon. If you would like to send either a check or money order, you can make it out to "Wing of Madness Inc" and send it to:
Wing of Madness Inc
1323 Arlington Blvd.
El Cerrito, CA 94530 USA
If you wish, you can contribute by buying something off the Wing of Madness wish list on Amazon. All the items on there help me to build a better website and community. Used books are gratefully accepted - the information in them is what counts, not what the cover looks like.
Any amount you can spare is greatly appreciated, and helps to ensure that Wing of Madness will be able to help many people like you in the future.