• How do I make a project specific donation?

You may make a project specific donation to one of WAH 2008's 15 projects by selecting the project of your choice from the project dropdown menu while making a donation.



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• How much should I donate?

You can donate any amount. We encourage you to donate an hour's worth or more of your salary.

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• Are donations tax deductible?

In the United States, donations to Asha for Education are 100% tax deductible under IRS code section 501(c)3. In India, donations are 50% tax deductible under section 80G of the Income Tax Act of India.

All donations will be acknowledged with a receipt that can be used to claim tax deductions. In the U.S., generally donations below $250 do not require a receipt but we will provide one if you request it. All donations above $250 will be acknowledged with a receipt.

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• Who do I contact if I encounter problems making a donation?

Please email wah@ashanet.org for assistance.

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Credit Card Donations

• How do I make a credit card donation?

Donors in Canada: Donate via Canadahelps.

Donors in UK: Donate via JustGiving.

In all other countries, please use the donation page provided on this website. Note that the WAH website accepts donations only in USD. If you're living outside the US (e.g. India), your credit card should be capable of handling transactions in USD. Also note that you will need to manually convert the amount you are donating to USD and enter it in the amount field. Your credit card company will bill you in your local currency. You may be charged an international currency transaction fee by your credit card provider though.

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• Why are UK donors asked to donate through another website?

UK tax laws allow the donations made to a registered charity (Asha is one) to be tax exempt. This means that the donors can claim the tax back on the amount they have donated to Asha, at the time of filing their tax returns. But since not everyone needs to file a tax return, it would be a cumbersome process for most users to file a tax return just to reclaim tax on donations.

JustGiving streamlines this process by automatically claiming 28% tax back on any donations made to charity, so that the charity gets a higher amount. This means that donors can actually donate a smaller amount, taking into account the tax that Asha would be getting back: e.g., if a UK taxpayer wants to give $100 to Asha, they only need donate $78.25 through JustGiving for Asha to get $100. For higher rate taxpayers, JustGiving provides a donation receipt online, which they can print off and attach to their tax-return in order to reclaim the difference between tax reclaimed by JustGiving (28%), and the rate at which they pay tax. Please refer to the Donate page at JustGiving for more information.

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• Why are donors in Canada asked to donate through another website?

Asha for Education Canada is the Canadian arm of Asha for Education, and is a registered charitable organization in Canada. Therefore, Canadian donors will automatically receive a tax-receipt when they make their credit-card donations directly through our online donation portal at Canadahelps.org (a public charitable foundation that provides convenient online donation services to thousands of registered Canadian charities, for a low 3% transaction fee).

Donors residing in Canada, who wish to have a tax-receipt for when they file their income tax returns with Canadian Revenue Agency, are being asked to use a donation website specifically set-up by Asha for Education Canada. Donors who donate at the Canadian donation website will be able to select or specify the WAH 2008 project to which they want to donate.

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Check (cheque) Donations

• How can I donate by check (cheque)?

Depending on which part of the world you are, please see below accordingly for the address to mail your checks (cheques). Please also note that your check (cheque) must be drawn in favor of "Asha" in India, "Asha for Education Canada" in Canada and "Asha for Education" everywhere else. Either in the check memo, or on an accompanying sheet of paper, clearly mention that the donation is for WAH 2008, and also include any project and/or chapter affiliation that you wish to make.


USA:	Asha for Education PO Box 2923 Champaign, IL 61825 Make checks payable to "Asha for Education".
India:	Asha for Education c/o Mr. Bhaskar Venkateswaran 19/17 Veenus Apartments Venus Colony 2nd Street, Alwarpet, Chennai 600 018 Make cheques payable to "Asha".
UK:	Asha for Education 100 D Breakspears Road Brockley, London SE4 1UD, UK Make cheques payable to "Asha for Education".
Canada:	Asha for Education c/o Nimish Bhatnagar 403 Everton Drive Mississauga, ON L5R 1W6 Canada Make checks payable to "Asha for Education Canada".
Switzerland:	Asha for Education Asha Zurich c/o Shyam Chikatamarla Ackersteinstrasse 133, 8049 Zurich Switzerland Make checks payable to "Asha Zurich".
If you wish to send a check from any other country, please email us.
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Direct Bank Transfer

• Can I do a direct bank transfer?

Yes, below are listed some of the accounts you can transfer to. If you use bank transfer, please send us an email notifying us about the details of the donation (amount, date, any project affiliation) at wah@ashanet.org. This is very important!


Switzerland:	Bank: UBS, Zurich In favor of: Asha Zurich Address: Ackersteinstrasse 133, 8049 Zurich Account Number: 206-259021.40Q Clearance Number: 206 IBAN:CH29 0020 6206 2590 2140 Q BIC/SWIFT:UBSWCHZH80A
India:	Bank: HDFC Bank Organization Name: Asha Address: Shastri Nagar Branch, Besant Nagar, Chennai, India Account Number: 0101450000084 RTGS/NEFT code: HDFC0000010UBS


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Matching Donations

• What is matching?

Matching donations is a charitable practice where an organization (typically the donor's employer) pledges to give an equal (or some proportianal) amount of money to certain charities registered with them (Asha could be on this list). The practice of matching donations thus doubles (or proportionately increases) the amount that Asha for Education receives.

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• Will my employer match my donation? How does this work?

A lot of companies match donations made by their employees. An incomplete list of companies can be found here. If your employer is not on the list, please contact your HR department to find out if your company matches employee donations and let us know so we can add your company's name to our list.

After you make a donation to Asha, please do the following:

• Obtain a matching donation form from your employer's HR dept. (In some companies, you will not need to have to deal with any paper forms, in which case there will be an online alternative, and we will be notified of your donation by email. Please check with your HR department how it works in your company.)
• Fill out the matching form and mail it to us (if within the US) at
  
  
  Asha for Education
  PO Box 2923
  Champaign, IL 61825
  
  If you're employed outside the US, please have your matching form mailed to the address provided for mailing checks in your country (see above).
• We will verify your donation, attach our non-profit organization certificate and send it back to your employer.
• Your employer will send us a check for the amount that is matched.


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Miscellaneous

• My questions were not answered by this FAQ. Who do I contact?

Please send an email to wah@ashanet.org.

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