Tax Deduction (Senate-Aires)

Step 1: Make a donation by check to the Senate-Aires Sustaining Fund, marked for endowment. (Mail check to SASF Treasurer, 3062 Deering Drive NW, Salem, OR 97304 Phone 503-399-1562.) You will receive an acknowledgement letter for tax purposes.

Step 2: Claim your tax deduction when filing both Oregon and federal tax returns. Keep a record of your contribution in your tax files.

Tax Credit ( Oregon Cultural Trust)

Step 1: If you have not yet done so, make a donation to a qualifying Oregon cultural non-profit organization, such as the Senate-Aires. See above section. The list of over 1000 qualifying organizations is provided by the Oregon Cultural Trust at www.culturaltrust.org. Feel free to support more than one organization. If you don’t locate the non-profit of choice, ask the Oregon Cultural Trust if the organization qualifies. Call 503-986-0088.

Step 2: Make a matching gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust, either online or by check. (Mail check to Oregon Cultural Trust, 775 Summer St NE, Suite 200, Salem, OR 97301. Phone 503-986-0088.) You will receive an acknowledgement letter for tax purposes. Keep a record of your contribution in your tax files.

Step 3:

a. Donations in Step 1 and Step 2 (above) qualify as charitable contributions when you itemize deductions on your federal tax return.

b. Claim your donation to the Oregon Cultural Trust as your 100% tax credit when filing your Oregon tax return. This reduces your Oregon tax, dollar for dollar. The entire Oregon Cultural Trust contribution – up to $500 for individuals, $1000 for couples filing jointly, or $2500 for Oregon corporations – qualifies for the tax credit.

c. Summary: A matching gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust will reduce your federal tax as any itemized deduction will. In addition, it will reduce your Oregon tax, dollar for dollar to the allowable limit (see b. above), as a tax credit.

A Message from the Oregon Cultural Trust

The Oregon Cultural Trust is an innovative funding mechanism meant to strengthen every aspect of Oregon’s culture through permanent endowment that will grow to more than $200 million. Since its creation, over 4600 Oregonians have contributed to the Trust enabling us to add over $2 million to the endowment and award over $1.3 million in grants statewide.

Oregon ’s culture needs your support. Please contribute to one of Oregon’s many cultural non-profit organizations. When you do, and make a subsequent matching gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust, you will be eligible to receive a 100% tax credit on your gift to the Trust. That means you can double your contribution to Oregon culture!

Investing in Oregon’s culture has never been easier or more important. First, make a contribution to an Oregon nonprofit cultural organization. Second, make a matching gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust. Third, claim your tax credit – up to $500 for individuals, $1000 for couples filing jointly, or $2500 for corporations – when you file your Oregon income tax returns. Give the gift that grows. Donate to the Oregon Cultural Trust today.

A Message from the Senate-Aires

The Senate-Aires, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization devoted to four-part a cappella singing in the barbershop style, is a northwest leader in the Barbershop Harmony Society (Salem chapter, Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Incorporated). Its Senate-Aires Sustaining Fund (SASF) exists to strengthen the chorus through a permanent endowment. The sole function of SASF is to receive contributions, deposit and/or invest those funds for income and/or growth, and to make disbursements from interest in accordance with its stated purpose. Such monies are segregated from chapter operating funds in separate checking and investment accounts.

This cultural non-profit organization requests your support for the future. Contribute now to the Senate-Aires Sustaining Fund, earmarked for endowment, and list this donated amount as an itemized deduction on your state and federal income tax returns. Make a subsequent matching gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust and you can claim a 100% Oregon tax credit (up to $500 for individuals, $1000 for couples filing jointly, or $2500 for corporations) on your gift to the Trust, (which should be listed as a itemized deduction on you federal tax returns).

Investing in the future has never been easier or more important. Give the gift that grows. Donate to the Senate-Aires Sustaining Fund today.