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Your Gifts Build Peace on Desktops!

It’s secure and it’s easy.

Using our secure online donation form,
you can donate by credit card or by direct debit (EFT) from your bank account.
If you prefer to mail a check, please send to the
address listed in the Monthly Giving section below.

“The World Needs Oneness… I do believe despite the fact that many of us have never met, we are one, and this oneness is what the world is in need of. Please continue, don’t give up with your prayers and your material assistance and your important friendship.”

Abuna Elias Chacour

Monthly Giving

Please consider making a monthly gift — your regular giving will help assure steady year-round support to our Peace-making Partners in Palestine and Israel. Questions? Contact us or call Essrea Cherin, Executive Director, at 303-928-0923.
  • $5/month provides new toys for kindergarten students
  • $10/month replaces old printers for elementary, middle and high schools
  • $50/month offers the gift of education in the form of a scholarship for students whose family are unable to cover tuition
  • $75/month can update water fountains throughout school, to meet Israel Ministry of Health standards
  • $150/month furnishes new computers for classrooms to support student learning.
  • Larger gifts can help with much needed infrastructure repairs and maintenance

If you prefer to print out the bank authorization form, click here to open form, fill it in, and email a scanned copy to essrea@pilgrimsofibillin.org. The hard copy form can also be mailed to:

Pilgrims of Ibillin
℅ Davidson College Presbyterian Church
P.O. Box 337
100 North Main Street
Davidson, NC 28036

Retirement Account Contributions and Gifts of Stocks

Retirement Account

Make a direct contribution from your IRA to Pilgrims of Ibillin:  People older than 70½ can transfer a donation directly from their traditional IRA to a charity, which can count as their required minimum distribution. It doesn’t count as a tax-free transfer if you withdraw the money first and then make a donation to the charity. Questions? See our Planned Giving page for retirement and legacy contribution options. Please contact your financial or tax advisor for additional guidance. 

Stock Gifts

For gifts of stock we work with RBC Wealth Management to accept stock gifts. Our current manager at RBC is Vince Ferreira, please contact him at 414-347-7114 to arrange for a gift of stocks.

Build bridges of help and hope!  

Your gift — no matter how big or small — will change a life for good.

Thank you for your generosity and prayers!


 

Planned Giving

Planned Giving is a way to insure that Abuna Chacour’s vision of “Building Peace on Desktops” receives continued support from the Pilgrims of Ibillin.

Simple Ways to support Pilgrims of Ibillin include:

  • Cash
  • Bequests
  • Life Insurance Policy
  • IRA’s

Additional Gift Planning Ideas are:

  • Appreciated Property
  • Gift Annuities
  • Charitable Lead Trusts
  • Charitable Remainder Trusts
  • Deferred Gift Annuities
  • Closely Held Stock
  • Life Income Plans

If you have decided to include us in your planned giving, you may do so by naming Pilgrims of Ibillin:

  • In your will or trust
  • As a remainder beneficiary of an IRA or other retirement plan
  • As a beneficiary of a life insurance policy
  • As a remainder beneficiary of a charitable gift annuity or trust
  • As lead beneficiary of a charitable lead trust

Jean Hopson Bequest

Pilgrims of Ibillin received a very generous bequest from Jean Hopson that provided much needed renovations on the Mar Elias junior high, high school offices, and teacher’s lounge, a sun shelter for kindergarteners, and contributed an extra $20,000 for scholarships for over three dozen children in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gifts like these make a significant difference for Mar Elias students, transforming and preparing them for a more just and peaceful future.

If you would like to include Pilgrims of Ibillin in your estate plans please contact Essrea Cherin, Executive Director, essrea@pilgrimsofibillin.org or 303-928-0923, for tax ID information and she will add your name to the Legacy Society. Your gift may remain anonymous, if you like.

 

Pilgrims of Ibillin is a 501c3 nonprofit and donations are deductible under US tax law. Our tax # is 38-3243253.

Pilgrims of Ibillin abides by the Donor Bill of Rights of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.