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A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) acts like a charitable savings account, providing tax benefits and flexibility in your giving.
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Life insurance can be another powerful donation tool to support Lifewater’s work. In the right situation, it can help a donor make a larger future gift than might otherwise be possible.
Common ways donors give through life insurance include:
Personal financial situations vary and the details are important. We encourage all our donors to consult their insurance and tax professionals to understand if using a life insurance policy is the best donation tool for their specific situation.
Some employers offer matching donation programs. You can also designate United Way payroll deductions to Lifewater. Use this info on your United Way pledge form:
Note: Some United Way offices charge a $16 fee and require a minimum $25 donation.
Planned or legacy gifts allow you to meet financial goals while supporting Lifewater long-term. Options include:
Contact us at 1-807-622-4848 or info@lifewater.ca to learn more.
Donate publicly traded securities (such as stocks, ETFs, mutual funds etc.) directly. This can be a more simple and tax efficient way to donate instead of selling the investment first and donating the after-tax money second.
When securities are donated directly, the donor receives a charitable donation receipt for its value when Lifewater receives it. However, the donor will NOT have to pay the capital gains taxes that could apply if the security was being sold for a profit.
For example, if stock you bought for $1,000 is now worth $5,000, selling the stock could result in capital gain tax charges on the $4,000 gain. If you donate the stock directly, there would be no taxation AND you receive a charitable donation receipt for the full $5,000 value of the stock.
This can be done quickly and easily on your own through the highly secure CanadaHelps website HERE. Their processing fee is between 2-3% and comes out of the donated amount. Alternatively, you can reach out to our office directly at 1-807-622-4848 or info@lifewater.ca and we can have our RBC Dominion Securities broker help process the donation with a processing fee of around 1%.
Personal financial situations vary and the details are important. We encourage all our donors to consult their financial and tax professionals to understand if donating publicly traded securities is appropriate for their specific situation.
U.S. donors can contribute through our partner: Friends of the Great Commission and receive a U.S. tax receipt for their donation.
The average costs to sponsor water projects are listed below. Prices vary by location due to factors like material and equipment costs, but we update our averages regularly for accuracy.
Can’t fund a project alone? We can match you with co-sponsors—or you can rally friends, family, your school, or community group to reach a sponsorship goal together.
PROJECT TYPE | COST |
|---|---|
New Well: This includes a borehole, casing and filter screen, a cement pad, and an Afridev hand pump. Your gift will have lasting benefits because it provides an average of 500 people with a supply of safe, easily accessible water.
| $5,500 |
Well Rehabilitation: Replace a broken hand pump: Rehabilitating an existing well is the fastest, cheapest way of providing safe water to a community. The fact a well has already been drilled indicates there is sufficient water, and local demand for it. Your gift will offer safe water by providing a new hand pump, a sanitary cement seal and cement pad. The repaired well will be disinfected and tested to ensure it’s safe!
| $1,500 |
Pump Repair: Sometimes the only thing stopping safe, accessible water from flowing is a broken hand pump that can be easily repaired by our trained team.
| $140 |
Community Washrooms: With your support, we are building communal toilets at schools, clinics, etc., then teaching villagers to build family latrines near their homes. You can stop the spread of disease at its source and eliminate the need for children and adults to risk their safety by wandering into the bush or jungle to urinate or defecate.
| $2,200 to $6,500 |
Health + Hygiene Workshop: Provide men and women with the skills and training they need to help keep their families healthy. The topics include how to keep drinking water safe, how to build hand-washing stations, and how to provide critical First Aid to young children who are suffering from “running stomach” or diarrhea.
| $100 |
Dignity Kits: Give the gift of a “dignity kit” — a reusable, zippered bag containing 5 washable and reusable sanitary pads. We distribute dignity kits to women and girls at health and hygiene workshops, ensuring menstrual periods do not stop them from attending school and continuing their work and education. | $5 |
Notes:
PROJECT TYPE | AVERAGE COST |
|---|---|
Pick-up Truck: Transportation is one of the main logistical problems in developing countries. Trucks are constantly loaded to the limit and need to be driven in extreme heat and over very rough roads. Without reliable transportation, our safe water drilling program grinds to a halt. Your donation will purchase sturdy, used Toyota four-wheel drive pick-up trucks to transport all our drilling equipment and supplies to the villages in need of safe drinking water. We’ll ensure they are properly operated and maintained.
| $20,000 |
Training: Equipment, trucks, and supplies alone do not provide safe drinking water. Local people need hands-on training and support from knowledgeable volunteers to effectively drill boreholes, complete wells and replace or repair hand pumps. A Liberian bishop helped dedicate the first well drilled by Lifewater by quoting the old saying, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day…. Teach him to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.”
| $4,000 |
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