Plant Seeds with us

Interested in giving to Prairie UMC out of your IRA using a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD)? This method of giving can help you satisfy IRS rules for an annual Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) without increasing your AGI for the year (as a QCD, the donation goes directly from your broker to PUMC in the form of a paper check; you get credit for the donation, but since it never passed through you, it doesn’t get reported to the IRS as “income” the way a normal distribution would).

In order to donate using a QCD, simply provide the following information to your broker and let them know how much you would like them to distribute.

Charity name: Prairie United Methodist Church

Address:

Prairie United Methodist Church
6385 Corporate Drive
Suite 200
Colorado Springs CO 80919
Attention: Dave Meeks

Once received at the PUMC office, our financial secretary, Bob Callahan, will record your donation and make sure it is added to your annual contribution statement.

Other Ways to Give

Employer Matching Gifts to Prairie United Methodist Church

Multiply the Impact of Your Donation with Employer Matching Funds (Benevity)…

If your employer participates in the Benevity program, you can multiply the impact of your donation by getting matching funds from your employer for each donation you make. To find out if your employer participates, look through your company intranet, employee benefits page, or HR portal for keywords like "matching gifts," "workplace giving," or "Benevity." Or you can check with your HR department or payroll office.

If your employer participates in the program, simply search for “Prairie United Methodist Church,” “PUMC,” or “Prairie” from your company’s internal workplace giving portal to find PUMC and request matching funds for your donations. For more information about Benevity, or to ask for help getting PUMC registered as a qualified non-profit with your company, reach out to our financial secretary, Bob Callahan.

… Or Get Matching Funds Through Your Employer Using Company Stock

If your employer has a matching-gift program that allows the company to make its matching contribution in company stock, Prairie United Methodist Church can receive those contributions directly into the church's Fidelity investment account. Provide your employer's benefits, payroll, or charitable-giving department with the following information:

Delivery Information for the PUMC Fidelity Account

• Receiving Organization: Prairie United Methodist Church

• Prairie’s Fidelity Account Number: Z53575546

• Receiving Firm: Fidelity Investments

• Fidelity’s DTC Number: 0226

• Type of Account: Non-retirement brokerage account

Interested in donating stock to
Prairie UMC?

You might be wondering why you would want to donate stock instead of the myriad other donation methods (check, cash, credit card, EFT). Simply put, it can be a powerful tax strategy. When you donate stock, the shares of stock are transferred from you to the recipient (in this case, PUMC) in a simple broker-to-broker transfer that doesn’t trigger any capital gains. You still get credit for the full fair market value on the date of transfer, but since you didn’t “sell” the stock, any capital gains that would have been triggered by a sale are avoided. It’s a great way to make a charitable donation without incurring the additional tax burden associated with capital gains on appreciated stock. If you’d like to donate stock, simply let your broker know (e.g., I’d like to donate X shares of “ABC Stock” to my church) and give them the delivery information that follows:

Delivery Information for the PUMC Fidelity Account

• Receiving Organization: Prairie United Methodist Church

• Prairie’s Fidelity Account Number: Z53575546

• Receiving Firm: Fidelity Investments

• Fidelity’s DTC Number: 0226

• Type of Account: Non-retirement brokerage account

Thank you! Your contributions are helping God’s Love Break Free in our community as you support the ministries and mission of Prairie UMC. If you have further questions on any of these donation opportunities, you may email our Finance Team at financeteam@prairiecs.org.