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TAX-DEDUCTIBILITY OF CONTRIBUTIONS:
Under Internal Revenue Service laws, all ministry gifts to IPM are tax-deductible for people in the USA. This includes all missionary support and project gifts, and support for the General Fund of the mission.
Personal gifts to IPM missionaries are not tax-deductible. Gifts which are not tax-deductible include: Christmas gifts; birthday gifts; anniversary gifts; etc. If the gift to purely personal in nature and is not intended to be used towards the missionary’s salary and or ministry expenses, it is NOT tax-deductible by law. In this case IPM will issue a non-tax-deductible receipt. |
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GIFTS BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER:
Contributions to IPM are usually made by check or money order. Checks should be in US Dollars and be made payable to “IPM, Inc.” Mail your check or money order to PO Box 337, Hanover, PA 17331-0337. |
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GIFTS BY CREDIT CARD AND WEB BANKING:
At the present time IPM is not equipped to accept contributions by credit card. We have been slow to move in this direction due to the loss of missionary support to fees charged by the credit card companies and also due to the fact that IPM’s accounting software is not set up to receive credit card contributions. When this situation changes, you will be instructed on this page how to give using your credit card or debit card. We realize that a growing number of people are using debit cards and no longer write checks. We suggest that donors wishing to go “checkless” arrange for their gifts to IPM using web banking—in which case a paper check is issued by the bank. When you send contributions to IPM by web banking, please inform the bank of your designation or designations. |
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GENERAL FUND:
IPM does not withhold a percentage of support from its missionaries in order to cover administrative costs. The mission depends upon God’s people to meet the needs for such things as office utilities, postage, maintenance, insurance, office equipment, and secretarial payroll.
We encourage all churches and individuals who support and IPM missionary to also support the General Fund. Donors need not write two checks. Any contribution check can be split among several designations, including the General Fund. We wish to express our sincere thanks to all who give on a monthly basis to the IPM General Fund.
THE WHERE NEEDED MOST FUND:
Today the greatest need in the IPM office is to add postage to the postage meter. Yesterday we had to purchase a supply of paper. Next week we may receive a call from one of our missionaries who has a special, urgent need. At the end of the month one of our staff members who is under-supported may need a financial boost in his or her support account. Every two weeks our correspondence coordinator and contributions assistant must be paid. Twice a year our automobile insurance is due. Once each year we receive the bill for workmen’s compensation insurance, fire insurance, and liability insurance. Nearly every week there are financial challenges that cannot be met using gifts designated for the work of our missionaries. Unlike many mission boards, IPM does not withhold a percentage of the missionary’s support to cover administrative and general expenses. Only undesignated and general gifts are used for these purposes. As the mission has grown in recent years, the need for undesignated giving has increased. Recently the IPM Board has had to make the difficult decision to slow our growth until more support is being received that can be used “Where Needed Most.” IPM has established a fund to receive “Where Needed Most” gifts from churches and individuals. When you write out a support check to IPM there is no need to ask yourself, “I wonder what IPM’s greatest need is at this time?” When you give to the “Where Needed Most” fund of IPM, you can be assured that your gift will be available to meet whatever need is current and most pressing. Churches are encouraged to include IPM “Where Needed Most” giving in their monthly budget. Churches that support one or more IPM missionaries might simply add $50 or $100 for the “Where Needed Most” fund along with each monthly support check. Individuals and Christian families may also give to the IPM “Where Needed Most” fund. (Please do so over and above your local church responsibility.) Your “Where Needed Most” gift to the work of IPM will help to assure that God’s work can continue uninterrupted and that many unseen and unannounced needs can be met. Decisions regarding the use of monies from the “Where Needed Most” fund are made by the President, Dr. Kevin M. Callahan. |
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Please call or e-mail Brian Rice for answers to other questions regarding giving to IPM:
717.637.7388 Menu Option 5, then option 1
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