You may be considering making a donation of time, cash, or a piano to Building Bridges. Building Bridges relies upon donations from people like you, to bring its programs to your community. We appreciate your interest in what we do. Here are some answers to questions you may have about making a donation:
What does Building Bridges do?
Building Bridges identifies the needs in your community, assesses the resources available and then brokers connections between the people and the resources they need. Building Bridges benefits other non-profit organizations, provides music education for the schools, and provides recognition and public awareness opportunities for important issues, individuals and organizations. You can go to the following links to see some of the programs for Building Bridges:
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Mission & Purpose: This is what the IRS has authorized Building Bridges to do for its non-profit objectives. Wording of this section is taken from the 1023 IRS application for non-profit status.
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Programs & Services: This describes active Building Bridges programs, with examples of what has been done in the past.
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Does Building Bridges have a program in my community?
Building
Bridges programs are developed first as a pilot in the San Francisco Bay
Area. After they have proved successful, they are ready to be
duplicated in other communities across the U.S. If you would like a
Building Bridges program brought to your area, let us know.
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Can I receive a tax donation for donating to Building Bridges?
Building Bridges is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. You can receive tax deductions from the IRS for qualified donations that you make to Building Bridges. See the following for further information:
I have a piano to donate, how do I go about it?
Building Bridges can accept piano donations. See:
I have time to contribute, how can I help?
These are the skills and connections that Building Bridges is looking for in volunteers:
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Website development & maintenance skills
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Accountant
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Attorney
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Individuals who know their communities and can introduce key organizations in their community to Building Bridges if they might benefit from a partnership with Building Bridges.
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I have money to donate, how do I go about it?
Send your donations by check to:
Building Bridges
1630 No. Main Street #307
Walnut Creek, CA 94596If you need a receipt for tax deduction purposes, please be sure to include your name, address and phone number and to request a receipt.
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I have barter dollars to donate, how do I go about it?
Building Bridges can accept ITEX and BXI dollar donations. If you are a member of another barter club, it is possible that we can accept those donations as well. Barter donations are also tax-deductible. Please send an email to Barter Donation. If you have an ITEX trade draft you want to fax, please fax to 925-672-3792 or mail to:
Building Bridges
1630 No. Main Street #307
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
If you need a receipt for tax deduction purposes, please be sure to include your name, address and phone number and to request a receipt.
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I have something else to donate, how do I go about it?
Building Bridges does not maintain a warehouse for storing donated goods. If you want to donate an item to Building Bridges, you will need to find a dealer who can move, display and sell it for Building Bridges, once it has been donated. You will receive the tax deduction for the donation. The dealer will pay Building Bridge for the item (either before or after it is sold, depending upon arrangements). In the future, Building Bridges may develop contacts with dealers who can do this for them, but right now, pianos are the only donation that Building Bridges already has people in place to handle. If you have a donation you want us to consider, email us at Donate
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