That's right! Love Shack Giving, the foundation that I created with GiveBack back in April is one of the lucky winners of the new giving campaign, "100 Days of Giving." WHAT a surprise it was to receive the first email announcing that my foundation was a recipient of a gift of $1,000!
At first...I didn't believe it and showed my DH the email to make sure that it wasn't spam?
Hi Roberta,
On April 9th you signed up at www.GiveBack.org for our 100 Days of Giving campaign. I'm excited to say that you've been selected as the winner for Day 96. This means that if you accept we'll put $1000 in your GiveBack account to give away to whatever charity or charities you would like.
Please confirm ASAP (no later than 3 days, but the sooner the better!) by responding to this email. If you don't respond in time, you will forfeit the prize and we'll move to the next person on the list. Confirming means accepting the rules of the 100 Days of Giving, which can be viewed here:
Once you've confirmed, I will provide you with a code that you can redeem for $1000 in your foundation account. Please let me know if you have any questions. We'd also love to know the charities you'll be supporting and why -- it's something we'll share on our site and Facebook wall (but only using your first name and last initial).
Thank you and congratulations!
Regards,
Jared Jaffe
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A few weeks ago I watched Oprah talking to the winner of her 2008 television show, Oprah's Big Give, Stephen Paletta. As the final winner, Stephen was awarded $1,000,000 (yep one million ;) to give back to the causes that he wanted to support. What he learned along the way was that alot of people also had causes and communities of their own that they wanted Stephen to help support. So Stephan founded the organization GiveBack:
GiveBack was conceived and built around the idea of empowering people to start their own foundation and then giving them more money to give back to the causes they care most about. GiveBack was launched in 2010 with the help of star athletes and Mission Skincare co-founders Serena Williams and Steve Nash, who wanted to be a model for doing good on and off the field of play. GiveBack was built to make everyone a big giver.
In 2010, Stephen launched the Give Back Foundation, a 501(c)3 public charity created to help people give back. The Give Back Foundation (EIN 26-2449481) was established to allow any person to join GiveBack and set up their personal foundation account. The funds that accumulate in that account are part of the Give Back Foundation. Each member has the ability to direct the funds from their account to any charity in good standing with the United States Internal Revenue Service. Together, all of the members’ accounts are gathered under one Give Back Foundation account awaiting the direction of each member. The members can give their money away whenever they choose, either as a single donation or as part of a group of people coming together to support a cause. 100% of the money that is directed to a charity is sent to the charity. The Give Back Foundation doesn't charge you or the charity anything for the transaction. Any money that a member adds directly into their GiveBack account is immediately tax deductible to the full extent allowed. Any additional money that may be added, either by our corporate sponsors or other individuals, is not deductible by the member. At year end the Give Back Foundation will issue every member a consolidated giving statement that may be used as an IRS tax receipt. (Images and foundation information from here.)
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