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#325872 - 12/28/05 05:42 PM Support Your Favorite Fish/Fishing Group!
OntheColumbia Offline
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Registered: 11/02/01
Posts: 251
Loc: Columbia Co. Oregon
Fishing is my personal passion.

If fishing and fish are important to you and you itemize your Federal taxes, you ought to consider making a donation to a charitable fishing organization that supports your values, before Jan 1, and get a 2005 tax-deduction.

Despite all the licenses sold and the popularity of angling, fish/fishing organizations get a minuscule slice of the region’s charitable dollars.

For your gift to be tax-deductible, the organization needs 501c3 status. Most are. You can verify their status by phoning, checking their website or the states’ attorney generals office:

(Oregon’s database search– http://www.state.or.us/cgi-bin/OrgQuery.pl )

(not sure of Washingtons?)

If you want to see how gifts are spent, review the financial background of a 501c3 at (free registration required):

http://www.charitynavigator.org
http://www.guidestar.org

Not all charities are listed at these sites, but most of the larger ones and many small ones are have posted their required public-disclosure, financial documents there .

Along with writing a check here’s a couple options:

1. Make a gift of stock by transferring the shares from your broker to the charity. Claim the full market value and avoid any capital gains liability (thus making appreciated shares a good choice). Ask you broker about making an electronic “DTC” transfer; you’ll need the charity’s receiving DTC “address” too.

2. Lots of fishing organizations hold auctions/raffles and are glad to receive good quality gear suitable to their events. Request an itemized receipt; you determine and claim the fair-market-value as a charitable deduction.

Beyond year’s end, have you considered including a fish/fishing group in you estate plan? Inclusion in a will or trust usually comes to mind first. However, you can easily plan a gift to charity via a beneficiary designation on many kinds of accounts such as - retirement plans, IRA’s, brokerage accounts, life insurance, bank accounts, and annuities. Simple to do and no attorney required. You can’t take it with you, so after providing for your family, why not leave a legacy to fish and fishing?

I’ve given just the briefest descriptions so feel free to PM me for specific questions. Not wanting this thread to get sidetracked into “which group is best?! - I’ve purposely not listed any organizations. Safe to say, there’s one out there that promotes your values.
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#325873 - 12/28/05 05:55 PM Re: Support Your Favorite Fish/Fishing Group!
bushbear Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 08/26/02
Posts: 4709
Loc: Sequim
GaryK

Thanks for the information. I'm sure some of the groups will benefit. Our local chapter of PSA is a 501c3 and we do benefit from contributions, especially for our annual auction.

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#325874 - 12/28/05 11:01 PM Re: Support Your Favorite Fish/Fishing Group!
Lil Red Sled Offline
Parr

Registered: 12/27/05
Posts: 40
Loc: Lynnwood
The Edmonds Laebugten Salmon Chapter is also a 501c3 organization. Our main project is the hatchery on our site, Deer Creek Hatchery.

We currently raise 120,000 coho at the facility along with a pen project we co-sponsor with the Sno-King PSA.

We can always use the money for it's operation.

Contact me thru this site for more information.
Thanks

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#325875 - 12/28/05 11:03 PM Re: Support Your Favorite Fish/Fishing Group!
Double Haul Offline
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Registered: 03/07/99
Posts: 1558
Loc: Wherever I can swing for wild ...
Wild Steelhead Coalition is a 501c3
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