Ways to Donate

Ways to Make Your Donation

We offer you several different ways to pay for your donation. There are two easy steps to make your donation:

1. Select the organization you want to support by looking through our list of affiliated charities.

2. Pay for your contribution by clicking on the “PayPal/Debit/CR,” or “Check/MO/Cash,” or “Wire Transfer” buttons next to your chosen charity.

To find out more about these different payment options, click on the ‘+‘ symbol next to each payment method below to see the full details for making your donation using that method.

With this option, your donation will be processed through PayPal.

You will be taken to a special page on the PayPal website, where you simply enter the amount of your donation, and select your payment option. If the page is not in your preferred language, you can select English or Spanish in the lower-left corner of this screen.

Important note: if you have a personal PayPal account, you must choose the "Donate with PayPal" option – you cannot contribute using the "Donate with Debit or Credit Card" option.

PayPal also allows for ongoing monthly gifts. To do this, check the “Make this a monthly donation” box.

NOTE: Your U.S. tax receipt will be sent to you by email. If you would like your mailing address to appear on this receipt, please check “share my mailing address” once you’re in PayPal.

There are several methods to donate using a check, money order, or cash. Please click on the option below that applies in your case.

To make your contribution using a US or Canadian bank check, you can either mail your check to our US postal address, or drop your check off at our local mail drop location in Lake Chapala.

Make your check payable to “Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities AC”.

For us to identify the non-profit to which your donation is to be directed, you must include a note in which you state: your name, your street address, your email address, and to which charity the money should be directed once we receive it.

To send it from the U.S. or Canada (NOT Mexico), mail your check here:

Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities
5802 Bob Bullock, Ste. 328C-4A
Laredo, Texas 78041

For us to identify the non-profit to which your donation is to be directed, you must include a note in which you state: your name, your street address, your email address, and to which charity the money should be directed once we receive it.

Place your check and the note in an envelope, marked “Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities Box 4-A,” and drop it off at the front desk at HandyMail, Hidaldo #159-C, San Antonio Tlayacapan (one block east of Super Lake an the carretera).

Alternatively, you can give your envelope to a member of our Board of Directors.

To make a contribution using a check drawn in Mexican Pesos, you can either bring your donation check to our local bank branch, or drop your check off at our local mail drop location in Lake Chapala.

Make your check payable to “Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities AC”.

Our bank details:

Banco BX+
Located in the Commercial Plaza at Hidalgo #227
San Antonio Tlayacapan
(next to the Coca-Cola bottling plant)

Ask the teller to deposit your donation into the following account:

Account name: Foundation for lake Chapala Charities, AC
Account number: 706-036

IMPORTANT: so that we can identify your donation, please send an e-mail to Board@LakeChapalaCharities.org with: your street address, e-mail address, the amount of your donation, and the name of the organization to which your donation is to be designated.

For us to identify the non-profit to which your donation is to be directed, you must include a note in which you state: your name, your street address, your email address, and to which charity the money should be directed once we receive it.

Place your check and the note in an envelope, marked “Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities Box 4-A,” and drop it off at the front desk at HandyMail, Hidaldo #159-C, San Antonio Tlayacapan (one block east of Super Lake an the carretera).

Alternatively, you can give your envelope to a member of our Board of Directors.

 

If you are in Mexico, you can make donations in cash by visiting our local bank branch and depositing your donation directly into our account.

Our bank details:

Banco BX+
Located in the Commercial Plaza at Hidalgo #227
San Antonio Tlayacapan
(next to the Coca-Cola bottling plant)

Ask the teller to deposit your donation into the following account:

Account name: Foundation for lake Chapala Charities, AC
Account number: 706-036

IMPORTANT: so that we can identify your donation, please send an e-mail to Board@LakeChapalaCharities.org with: your street address, e-mail address, the amount of your donation, and the name of the organization to which your donation is to be designated.

There are several methods to donate using using electronic funds transfers and wire transfers. Please click on the option below that applies in your case.

You can send your contribution in US dollars via domestic US wire transfer or domestic ACH funds transfer from your USA bank account or financial account to our correspondent bank in the USA.

IMPORTANT: donations provided in this way must be made with "For Further Credit To" instructions, and can only be made in US dollars.

(1) To make a donation via USA domestic wire transfer with "For Further Credit To" (FFC) – US dollars only:

Currency: USD (U.S. Dollars)
Transfer Type: Domestic U.S. wire transfer

(2) To make a donation via ACH Funds Transfer Instruction with "For Further Credit To" (FFC) – US dollars only:

Currency: USD (U.S. Dollars)
Transfer Method: ACH (Automated Clearing House)

For either method, use the following details:

Beneficiary Bank (Receiving Bank):

Bank name: Bank of America
ABA routing number: 026009593
Bank telephone number: (800) 446-0135
Bank address: 4 New York Plaza, Floor 15, New York, NY 10004
Account name: Banco Ve Por Mas, S.A.
Account number: 6290926907

For Further Credit To (FFC):

Name: Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities
Sub-Account number: 706351
Address: 5802 Bob Bullock, Ste. 328C-4A, Laredo, Texas 78041
Purpose of payment: Charitable grant

For us to identify the non-profit to which your donation is to be directed, you must send an email to Board@LakeChapalaCharities.org in which you state: your name, your street address, the amount of your donation, and to which charity the money should be directed once we receive it.

Please note we are no longer able to accept donations made via international wire transfer.

If you are a donor in Mexico, you can send your contribution by making an electronic transfer of funds from your bank account or financial account in Mexico to our bank account in Mexico.

To make a bank-to-bank electronic funds transfer within Mexico:

Name of bank: Banco Ve Por Mas SA
Bank account number: 706036
CLABE code for transfers: 113180000007060368
Name on the bank account: Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities AC

For us to identify the non-profit to which your donation is to be directed, you must send an email to Board@LakeChapalaCharities.org in which you state: your name, your street address, the amount of your donation, and to which charity the money should be directed once we receive it.

A Qualified Charitable Distribution or QCD is a tax-advantaged donation made from a person's Individual Retirement Account (IRA) directly to a qualifying 501(c)(3) charitable organization, such as Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities.

Making a QCD can benefit IRA holders who are required to take Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) from their retirement accounts each year.

Check with your financial advisor or tax professional to learn how QCDs can support your financial and charitable giving goals.