Donations may be sent to the RSN by cheque (made payable to Royal School of Needlework) or made by Debit card, MasterCard or Visa credit card payment over the phone (please call +44 (0)20 3166 6932). Are you a UK taxpayer? Then please help us make your donation go 28% further by signing a Gift Aid declaration. If you are based in the USA and would like to support us please see below for details of how you can donate. The RSN's registered charity number is 312774.
Gift Aid - making your donation go 28% further
As a supporter of the Royal School of Needlework, you will know how hard we work to ensure that every penny we raise goes as far as it can to ensure we keep help keep the art of hand embroidery alive. Through Gift Aid and Transitional Relief, you can help us make your donations go 28% further and it won't cost you a penny!
How does Gift Aid work?
So long as you are a UK taxpayer, Gift Aid enables you to boost the value of your donations by 28p for every £1 you give (25p in Gift Aid and a further 3p in Transitional Relief) to your favourite charity. So, for example, if you decide to give £10 to the Royal School of Needlework, we will be able to reclaim an extra £2.80 from HM Revenue & Customs. It might not sound like a lot, but every penny really does count! What is more, if you are a higher rate taxpayer, you are entitled to claim tax relief on your donations, enabling you to reclaim as much as 25p from every £1 donated to charity.
What do you need to do?
To donate through Gift Aid, all you need to do is complete a simple declaration (orally or in writing) confirming that you are a taxpayer and that you are happy for us to claim tax relief on your donation. Just one declaration can apply to all donations that you have made to us over the past 6 years and to any forthcoming gifts you make, until you notify them otherwise. It is that simple.
Contact finance@royal-needlework.org.uk> for more Gift Aid information.
501 (c) iii donations to the RSN
RSN Chief Executive Dr Susan Kay-Williams writes
When I was in San Francisco in October 2009 meeting with some of our Certificate students and RSN Friends, one or two people enquired whether the RSN had 501 (c) iii registration so that US donors could benefit from the US tax laws on charitable gifts to the RSN. We did not, but I have investigated and have found that it is possible to give to us through an organisation called CAFAmerica which is based in the States and has full US tax status. However, inevitably, there are some conditions. First, donations have to be a minimum of $500, secondly, as the intermediary, CAFAmerica will charge 8 per cent of the donation as their administration fee. Finally, there is a special form that you need to complete and send to them with your donation. We will be happy to provide you with the form (which we can do electronically or by hard copy). Please contact chiefexecutive@royal-needlework.org.uk
I am sorry that we cannot offer this service for smaller donations at this time, but to do that we have to register independently which is very costly ($15-$18,000) and would nullify the value of the gifts.
