It’s the fourth day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving (I know, I missed a day – sorry!). To recap, I’ve asked a panel of judges to review a number of deserving charities as suggested by my readers. I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way).
I encourage you to check out the charities voted “most deserving” by my readers and judges. Remember that these are just suggestions and, in most cases, we can’t personally vouch for the good work that these folks do. So be smart. And be generous.
Today’s featured charity was submitted by Becky Sheldon. Becky writes:
It is called the Jamison Center. They take in children from broken families, arrested parents, drug and alcohol disfunctional families. They get very little government help, just donations to keep going.
I belong to a club here that donate 100%, YES, 100% of everything we make to help these kids. My club is the Nemesis Station and we are the local Star Trek club.
I know how corny I sound, but, for the grace of God and my parents years ago, my children would have had to stay there when I was struggling with addiction.
We hold an annual Bowlathon in October to raise money to buy Christmas presents, replace old furniture, paint classrooms, and take care of their softball field among other things. We are a 501c so any donations given the club are tax deductible to the fullest extend of the law..We pay for these kids to go bowling throughout the year so they can have some normalacy in their otherwise difficult days. I am, understandable proud of my organization, and just wanted you to know
PPS. I guess I have listed both the Jamison Center and my organization, Nemesis Station as charities, it doesnt matter to me where the money goes, in the end it goes for the kids…
And here’s where there’s a significant difference between the Jamison Center and other organizations: a search at irs.gov will not show Jamison as a result. That’s because, according to the web site, the Jamison Center is operated by the Human Services Department of Kern County. By definition, donations to government entities in the US are tax exempt so long as they are intended to be used for a public purpose. That is certainly the case here – and the Center does solicit donations.
You can read about our prior 12 Days’ picks here:
- 12 Days of Charitable Giving: Forget Me Not
- 12 Days of Charitable Giving: DonorsChoose.org
- 12 Days of Charitable Giving: Spirit Animal Sanctuary
Thanks to our guest judge, Elisa Jähner, for choosing Jamison Center. Elisa, who is from Germany, says, “We have something similar in Berlin. It’s called the arch and is funded entirely by donations. I think this is a great charity.”
Thank you so very much…I appreciate the followup information. Merry Christmas.!! Becky Sheldon