Alpha USA
P.O. Box 7491
Carol Stream, IL 60197-7491

1-800-362-5742

Contact us at donations@alphausa.org or call 1-800-362-5742 ext 4. 

Owners of Individual Retirement Accounts must begin taking Required Minimum Distributions at age 70 ½. After that, a permanent tax provision allows you to make gifts to Alpha USA and other qualified charities directly from your IRA. These gifts are subtracted from your Required Minimum Distributions and do not count as revenue on your taxes. Because this type of gift actually reduces your income, it offers tax benefits even if you do not itemize your deductions.

Giving stock directly to Alpha USA may allow you to increase your gift and your tax deduction. When you give stock shares, you generally take a tax deduction for the full fair market value, which may be more than your original investment. Giving stock may offer significant advantage over giving cash, or selling your appreciated securities and contributing the after-tax proceeds.

Please contact us at 1-800-362-5742 and let us know the type of stock and the number of shares you plan to donate. This will allow us to properly track your donation and ensure that it is transferred correctly and that you are properly credited and acknowledged.

If you are writing your will for the first time, revising your existing plans, or own investment or retirement accounts or life insurance policies, please consider including Alpha USA among your charitable beneficiaries.

In your will, you can name Alpha USA the beneficiary of a set amount, a percentage of your estate, or a percentage of your residual estate after you have taken care of your loved ones. If you have already written your will, it is usually very easy to create a codicil, or amendment, to your will. A codicil with specific changes, witnessed and notarized, is typically accepted into probate with the original will. If you need specific language to include in your will, contact development at 1-800-362-5742 or donations@alphausa.org.

Donations to Alpha USA are tax-deductible. According to IRS guidelines, such gifts remain under the jurisdiction and control of Alpha USA.

If you have an online account with us, you may log in and update your contact information. Otherwise, please call the Finance Team at 1-800-362-5742 to make any changes to your contact information.

If you have an online account with Funraise, you may log in and update your payment information and recurring gifts. Use the buttons below to download the app. Otherwise, please call the Finance Team at 1-800-362-5742 to make any changes to your credit card giving.

If your primary means of giving is via our website, you will receive an electronic receipt. For checks and other offline giving, we can send electronic receipts if you provide an email address. Should you wish to only receive a year-end summary statement via mail, please contact us at donations@alphausa.org or call the Finance Team at 1-800-362-5742. We mail year-end giving statements to our donors at the end of January.

It is indeed more expensive for Alpha USA to process credit and debit card payments than to receive checks. The roughly three percent fee is absorbed as overhead by Alpha USA’s general fund.

Make your check payable to Alpha USA and mail it to:

Alpha USA
P.O. Box 7491
Carol Stream, IL 60197-7491

You can read about our accountability standards here.

If you have any questions, or if we can help you further in any way, please call us at 1-800-362-5742 or email us at donations@alphausa.org.