Strengthen Volunteerism by Supporting PMD’s Work
Donate Personally
We accept donations by
- Check
- Credit/Debit Card
- Donor-Advised Fund
- Legacy Difference Maker
Support our
Campaigns
- Assembling Print-Braille Books
- Packing Homeless Outreach Bags
Donate Through
Your Workplace
- Workplace Giving
- Matching Gifts
Shop for Good
- Amazon Smile
- iGive
- CommonKindness
Ways to Donate Personally
Make checks payable to:
People Making a Difference (PMD)
P.O. Box 120189
Boston, MA 02112-0189
We can process credit card donations using VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. We also accept online credit card donations through Network for Good, a nonprofit which provides secure credit card processing, and we would really appreciate your contributing the transaction fees* when given the option. In the box labeled: “To designate your donation for a specific fund or purpose,” you can enter unrestricted, a description of how you’d like your donation to be used, or leave it blank. Unrestricted allows us the most latitude in using your gift.
If you have a Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, or BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund donor-advised fund (DAF), the DAF Direct box below enables you to recommend grants directly and easily to PMD.
You have the option of being recognized or remaining anonymous.
Consider joining us as a Legacy Difference Maker! Help us strengthen volunteerism by making contributions on a monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis.
Avoid fees altogether by donating through our Facebook page. The Donate button is located at the top of the page.
Support Our Campaigns
Assemble Print-Braille STEM Children’s Books
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s
Most Fearless Scientist
Note: Designate your donation as “Shark Lady”
Pack Homeless Street Outreach Bags
Team up to pack bags with needed toiletries, hand sanitizer, and snacks for
Pine Street Inn’s street outreach
Note: Designate your donation as “Homeless Outreach”
Donate through Your Workplace
Many companies have Matching Gift Programs for charitable donations made by their employees. This means that for every dollar an employee donates to an approved charitable organization, their employer will donate some additional amount.
Please ask your human resources department if your company offers a program like this. If so, let us know and we’ll help you fill out the necessary paperwork to multiply your donation by taking advantage of this generous benefit.
Provide PMD with a steady source of monthly income through convenient payroll deduction. Many workplace giving campaigns take place in autumn.
If you would like to give through your company’s UNITED WAY campaign, please use code #M973988 to specify People Making a Difference (PMD). Please spread the word at your workplace that PMD is a grassroots group doing good work for 30+ local charities with an annual budget less than $100k. Past efforts have included company-wide voice mail and e-mail messages.
PMD is again part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Employees’ Charitable Campaign (COMECC #973988) and City of Boston Employees’ Charitable Campaign (COBECC #2546). This means that if you work for the federal, state, or city government, you have the opportunity to make a charitable contribution to PMD. Please specifically designate PMD and tell your co-workers about us.
Similarly, IBM employees can make donations through the IBM Employee Charitable Contribution Campaign (ECCC). Simply select PMD, #0L596.
Thanks to a dedicated volunteer, PMD is a standard selection, but will be evaluated at year end to assess whether the level of interest by IBM employees merits continuing support in the campaign. Please spread the word among your friends who work for IBM and its subsidiaries. Even minimum donations will help ensure PMD’s future participation in this campaign.
Shop for Good
Shop Amazon using Amazon Smile, a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice.
Sign up now at https://www.iGive.com/PMD so PMD will receive a $5 donation free when you make your first purchase. Do your online shopping through iGive.com where up to 15% of every purchase is donated to PMD!
Books, CDs, clothes, food, sports gear, jewelry, toiletries, flowers, computers, pet food, children’s toys, gifts, etc. are available from well-known merchants like Petsmart, Powells Books, Lands End, and Staples.
Save up to $1,300 per year on your groceries and other purchases by shopping through CommonKindness and choosing People Making A Difference Through Community Service Inc.
Print (but it’s not necessary to use) free coupons to save money AND generate funds for PMD… at no cost to you!