Yes! All donations to Vote Solar are 100% tax deductible. Vote Solar is a tax-exempt organization under Internal Revenue Service Act 501(c)(3). Our tax ID number is: 46-4396728. You will receive a tax acknowledgment via mail or email.

Absolutely. Online contributions are processed by Bonterra, which meets PCI-DSS 4.0 compliance for payment processing, and is certified under SOC 2 Type II for security protocols. You can read more about their practices here.

Please contact us at philanthropy@votesolar.org and we’ll be happy to help you make any changes you wish.

Please send a check made out to Vote Solar to 2443 Fillmore Street #380-1375 San Francisco, CA 94115. Once your gift is received and processed, we will send you a receipt. Thank you!

Of course! We value transparency and are proud of the measures we take to run a healthy and stable organization. We are a 4-star charity navigator ranked organization. Our audited financial statements and 990 are available upon request. Please feel free to reach out to us at philanthropy@votesolar.org if you’d like access to these documents and with any other questions.

Yes! Vote Solar exists because people like you! As a 501(c)3 organization, we depend entirely on the generous support of our community.

We are primarily funded by private foundations and individuals, with less than 1% of our funding coming from corporate donors. Your investment helps to keep us independent and growing to meet the demands of our rapidly electrifying world.

You can make a gift through your Donor Advised Fund by inputting “Vote Solar” in the search box or inputting our EIN number: 46-4396728. Please contact philanthropy@votesolar.org with any questions.

Double your impact! Many companies will match their employees’ charitable giving dollar-for-dollar.

If your employer requires you to fill out a Matching Gift form, you may need the following information:

• • Tax identification number: 46-4396728
  • Address: 2443 Fillmore Street #380-1375 San Francisco, CA 94115
  • Phone: (415) 817-5060
  • Website: votesolar.org

Questions? Email philanthropy@votesolar.org for assistance.

A gift of appreciated securities provides significant benefits, including an immediate charitable deduction for the full market value of the stock and avoidance of capital gains taxes that would normally be due upon sale. If you would like to support Vote Solar by making a gift of stocks, bonds, or mutual funds, please follow these instructions:

• Ask your broker to transfer the shares to Vote Solar
• The transfer should be encoded as follows:
  LPL Financial
  Vote Solar
  Tax ID #: 46-4396728.
  Account #: 5858-1072
  DTC Clearing 00875
• To make sure that you are properly credited and acknowledged for your generous gift, please have your broker contact us at philanthropy@votesolar.org to let us know a transfer is taking place.

Thank you for wanting your legacy to live on! All you need to do is include this sentence in your will. “I give ____________________ [amount or percentage] to Vote Solar, a California nonprofit corporation, currently located at, (Attention: Gift Planning Program), Tax ID 46-4396728.” We’d love to discuss this with you. If you have any questions, please contact philanthropy@votesolar.org

To designate Vote Solar as the beneficiary of such an asset, please contact your insurance company or plan administrator and request a change of beneficiary form, which you can complete and return to them. (Note: Use Tax ID 46-4396728 in lieu of a social security number for an organization.)