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Donation and Membership FAQ
Sure! Please make checks out to "Santa Cruz Local" and mail to:
Santa Cruz Local
877 Cedar St., Suite 150
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
If you want to become a member by making a recurring donation by check, fill out this membership form and mail it to us.
A member is anyone who gives monthly or annually to support our work. Membership with our newsroom is different from a newspaper subscription. With traditional subscriptions, you pay for access to a product. Our news is free for everyone. With Santa Cruz Local membership, you join our cause. You help to produce fair and accurate local journalism that holds power to account.
Becoming a Santa Cruz Local member means you help make our news free for everyone. You help our reporters inform a greater audience about our community's biggest issues.
For us, membership is not just about a financial transaction. We want to have an ongoing two-way conversation and a trust-based relationship with you. We want to understand your needs so those needs can help guide our reporting. Learn more about how we tune our reporting to Santa Cruz County residents' questions, concerns and priorities. Our members share our vision: When we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.
Yes! Your donations are tax deductible. For information or questions, contact our CEO Kara Meyberg Guzman at 831-291-3456 or [email protected]
Learn more about Santa Cruz Local on our FAQ and our About Us pages.
No problem! Santa Cruz Local accepts donations from donor-advised funds and qualified charitable distributions from retirement accounts. Search for Santa Cruz Local in your fund or account portal.
- Our EIN is 37-2064285.
- Our mailing address is 877 Cedar St. Suite 150, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.
Donating appreciated stock may allow you to take a tax deduction for the fair market value. Check with your tax advisor.
When you're ready, email Santa Cruz Local CEO/Co-founder Kara Meyberg Guzman at [email protected] with this information:
- Your broker's name and your brokerage firm's name.
- Name of stock and number of shares.
- Planned date of transfer.
Ask your broker to transfer the shares to Santa Cruz Local Inc.'s brokerage account at Fidelity. Provide your broker with the following wiring instructions:
- Receiving account name: Santa Cruz Local Inc.
- Receiving account number: Z40396050.
- Santa Cruz Local Inc.'s Tax ID number: EIN 37-2064285.
- Fidelity's DTC number: 0226.
- Fidelity's address:
Fidelity Investments
Attn: TOA Receives
PO Box 770001
Cincinnati, OH 45277-0036 - Fidelity's phone: 1-800-544-4442.
Once the stock is transferred, Kara Meyberg Guzman will email you a tax receipt and acknowledgment letter.
Several employers in Santa Cruz County and the Silicon Valley will match their employees' donations to 501(c)3 nonprofits.
Santa Cruz Local is set up with Benevity and CyberGrants, matching gift portals used by many companies including:
- Hewlett-Packard.
- Microsoft.
- Google.
- Driscoll's.
- Netflix.
- Bank of America.
- Intel.
- Verizon.
- Johnson & Johnson.
- Target.
- Lowe's.
Please search for Santa Cruz Local in your company's Benevity or CyberGrants portal. Santa Cruz Local's EIN is 37-2064285 and our mailing address is 877 Cedar St. Suite 150, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.
If your company uses a different matching portal, please contact Santa Cruz Local CEO/Co-founder Kara Meyberg Guzman at [email protected] or 831-291-3456. Kara can help register Santa Cruz Local with your company's program.
Follow these links to make changes to your membership. You'll have to log in.
Need help? Reach out to Jay Leedy, Santa Cruz Local's Community Engagement Manager. You can reach Jay at [email protected].