Your donation funds outreach operations, psychological assessments, case management, and the infrastructure that makes every church partnership possible.
The Zero Street Initiative Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 41-5268237. All donations are tax-deductible.
A sponsoring congregation covers housing and groceries directly. What they cannot easily provide is everything around it: finding the person in the first place, assessing them properly, managing the case month by month, and getting them into work at the end. That is what donations pay for — street outreach, intake and assessment, case management, employment placement, and the administration that keeps every partnership accountable.
Card processing fees scale with the size of the gift; bank transfer fees do not. On a large congregational gift the difference runs to a hundred dollars or more that stays with the programs instead of going to processing. If you are giving at that level, choose "US bank account" at checkout, or email us and we will arrange it directly.
The Zero Street Initiative Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity, EIN 41-5268237. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. You will receive an emailed receipt for every gift, and we provide a written acknowledgement for gifts of $250 or more as the IRS requires for you to claim the deduction. If you need a duplicate receipt or an annual summary, email [email protected].
No goods or services are provided in exchange for donations, so the full amount of your gift is deductible.