ways to give
Donate Stock
A simple, tax-savvy way to support Atlanta Mission. Click below to start your stock donation* today!
*Thinking about making a generous gift of $10,000 or more in stock? We’d love to help you make the most of it! Please contact us directly before donating so we can process your gift without the extra fees charged through DonateStock.
Put Stock in Something that Matters
When you donate appreciated stock, you can avoid capital gains taxes and deduct the full value of your gift, allowing you to give in a tax-efficient way. More importantly, your donation will directly support individuals experiencing homelessness, helping provide shelter, meals, and essential services.
Through our partnership with DonateStock.com, donating stock is fast, secure, and free. In just 10 minutes, you can make a meaningful impact in the lives of those who need it most.
Your stock donation strengthens our mission and helps us serve more people in need.
Secure & Private by Design
DonateStock recognizes the sensitive nature of data entrusted to us and Atlanta Mission. Protecting customer information is a high priority and part of our standard business processes. To this end, DonateStock has established a formal information security program designed to reduce cyber risk and protect sensitive customer information from loss or unauthorized disclosure.
DonateStock was founded in 2020 to help nonprofits unlock new sources of funding by making it easy for donors and their advisors to initiate stock gifts in minutes. As the market leader in charitable stock gifting, we’ve made it fast, safe and free for donors while removing the barriers and friction for nonprofits of all sizes.
DonateStock and Atlanta Mission puts privacy first. We do not sell or share personal information with 3rd parties. To learn more, please see DonateStock’s privacy policy. We go to great lengths to secure your data. To learn more, please read DonateStock’s security statement.
It takes less than 10 minutes to register and execute your first stock gift with DonateStock. Once registered, it only takes 1-2 minutes to initiate subsequent stock gifts. Once submitted, it generally takes 2-5 business days for the shares to be transferred from your account to the nonprofit’s account (via DTC transfer). This is highly dependent on how long it takes the donor’s brokerage to initiate the transfer.
Payments to nonprofits take place on the 1st and 15th of each month. You may track the status of your donation in your donor portal .
Yes. If you do not want to be publicly listed as a donor, but still known to the nonprofit, you may note this in the special instructions when making the donation.
Privately held stocks – Privately held stocks are not registered and cannot be freely traded. DonateStock currently only accepts publicly-traded stock donations. Penny stocks (priced under $5.00) are thinly-traded and highly volatile. Fractional shares: as of today, we cannot receive and/or process fractional shares of stock.
Yes. We can process donations from most mutual funds, but they often take longer to clear.
You can donate cryptocurrency to Atlanta Mission on our main donation page. Select Cryptocurrency as the payment method.
The status of each transaction is shown in your Donor dashboard. Simply log in to view it. It usually takes 5 business days for the shares to be transferred from your account to the nonprofit’s account via DTC transfer. Expect delays during busy times – such as end of year. The timeline is highly dependent on how long it takes your brokerage to initiate the transfer. Please check your brokerage account to see if the shares were transferred. If they were transferred more than 5 days ago and have not been marked as “received” in your dashboard, please contact us and we will investigate.
Yes, we work with financial advisors everyday and have created a streamlined process to provide them with the information they need to initiate a gift on your behalf. Please direct them to this page and ask them to contact us at [email protected] if they have any questions.
Absolutely. If you prefer to donate stock through another method, please download this pdf for instructions.
