Ways to Give
Settlement Music School, serving over 15,000 students of all ages in the Greater Philadelphia region, is the nation's largest community school of the arts. Settlement offers a comprehensive program of instruction and activity in music, dance and the related arts through individual and class instruction and provides more than $2 million each year in financial and scholarship aid.
If you wish to support the School by making a tax-deductible gift, please use our secure form to Give Online!
Settlement Music School values all of its donors and therefore does not trade or sell donor or mailing lists with or to other non-profit or for-profit organizations.
Online
Use our secure Give Online! form if you wish to make a tax-deductible gift with your VISA, MasterCard or American Express.
By Phone
Please call Rejoice Jula, Individual Giving Manager, at (215) 320-2684, with your VISA, MasterCard or American Express.
By Mail
Send a check payable to Settlement Music School to:
Helen S. Eaton, Executive Director
Settlement Music School
P.O. Box 63966
Philadelphia, PA 19147-3966
Matching Gifts
Your gift may be doubled or more if you work for a company with a matching gift program. (Spouse and retiree gifts may also be matched.) Contact your human resources or corporate giving department to learn about your company's matching gift policy. Please send your gift and matching gift form to:
Helen S. Eaton, Executive Director
Settlement Music School
P.O. Box 63966
Philadelphia, PA 19147-3966
Workplace Giving
United Way
If your workplace participates in a United Way giving campaign, please consider designating your gift to Settlement Music School. Settlement’s agency number is 00109.
Combined Federal Campaign
Settlement Music School is an approved Combined Federal Campaign charity, which allows federal workers to donate through their particular federal office to 501(c)3 charities of their choice. Settlement’s CFC number is 62560.
Gifts of Stock
Electronic transfer of stock shares is the most secure and efficient delivery process and provides internal control as well as cost savings. You may also, however, transfer certificates directly. To help you facilitate a gift of stock, please follow these instructions.
Notification of Donor Intent (for audit and acknowledgment purposes)
- Donor's name and complete address
- Name and number of securities transferred
You may provide a letter or e-mail to communicate this information at time of transfer to:
Amelia Schmertz, Director of Development
Settlement Music School
P.O. Box 63966
Philadelphia, PA 19147-3966
(215) 320-2682 - Fax: (215) 551-0483
Securities Delivered Electronically
The following information will allow your broker to execute an electronic transfer of stock:
Brokerage: PNC Investments
1600 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
DTC Number: 0226
Account Name: Settlement Music School
Account Number: 004-73-6147
*If you are giving non-DTC eligible securities, your broker may contact PNC Investments directly at (215) 585-8313.
Securities Delivered by Mail
Mail your unendorsed certificate(s) and stock power in separate envelopes, OR send endorsed certificate(s) by registered mail to:
Helen S. Eaton, Executive Director
Settlement Music School
P.O. Box 63966
Philadelphia, PA 19147-3966
Deferred Gifts
Settlement Music School is especially grateful to the growing number of friends who ensure that their tradition of support continues well into the future by providing for the School through their estate plans.
If you have remembered Settlement with such a gift or if you are interested in doing so, please let us know. We would be pleased to welcome you as a member of the School's Cadenza Society.
The Cadenza Society was established to thank and recognize those generous individuals who have remembered Settlement Music School in their estate plans through their Wills or other Planned Gifts. You can ensure that your tradition of support continues in the future by providing for the School through a Bequest, a Charitable Annuity, or a gift of Life Insurance. Your participation will set an important example for others, and awareness of your intentions will help us in our long range planning.
Opportunity for Tax-Advantaged Gifts
The “Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010” that was just signed into law December 17, 2010 allows a person 70 ½ or older to make a gift to Settlement Music School directly from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), effective immediately.
The law allows gifts to Settlement to be excluded from gross income for otherwise taxable IRA distributions, up to $100,000 per year, only from traditional and Roth IRAs. If a husband and wife are both over the age of 70 ½ and each own their own IRA, collectively, the couple may make a qualified gift totaling $200,000 per year.
The bill provides that if taxpayers elect to do so, they may treat charitable distributions made after 2010 but on or before January 31, 2011 as distributions made in 2010.
While the distribution to Settlement does not result in an income tax charitable deduction, it does reduce overall taxable income from IRA distributions for that year by the amount directed to Settlement which is, in effect, a 100% charitable deduction. If you qualify, please consider using these funds to support Settlement’s programs that benefit thousands of students each year.
Since each individual's tax situation is different, you should consult with a professional advisor before making a charitable IRA distribution to Settlement Music School.
For more information, please contact:
Rejoice Jula, Individual Giving Manager
Settlement Music School
PO Box 63966
Philadelphia, PA 19147-3966
(215) 320-2684 - Fax: 215-551-0483
PA’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC)
Click here for more information.
Federal Tax Identification Number:
23-1352676
For more information on ways to give, please contact:
Helen S. Eaton, Executive Director
Settlement Music School
PO Box 63966
Philadelphia, PA 19147-3966
(215) 320-2680 - Fax: 215-551-0483