On this page, you'll find everything you need to know about receiving contributions from sponsors. To make it easy for sponsors, we accept many different forms of payment. Sponsors in the U.S. will also be eligible for a tax receipt.
Forms of Payment
There are multiple ways in which your sponsor may submit a contribution to CCS. Please be sure that your sponsor makes the contribution in the same currency as the one you choose for your deposit. Contributions can only be made in U.S. or Canadian dollars, or Great British pounds.
Credit Card
Sponsors can make their contributions online with a credit card in one of two ways:
- Referencing myCCS with your username or searching by last name with the “Find Your Volunteer” feature.
- Using our secure online payment page with your email address.
Only enrolled volunteers receive a myCCS account, so if you have not yet enrolled but would like to begin fundraising please contact us. If you have enrolled but have not set your username, please contact your Program Manager to set up your account.
Sponsors can also contact our Finance Department directly. Sponsors with billing addresses in the U.S. will automatically receive a tax document for all payments made online via myCCS or our secure online payment page.
Please note that online contributions can only be made to one volunteer per transaction.
Checks / Money Orders / Postal Orders / Bankers Drafts / Travelers Checks
If your sponsor is submitting a contribution by check, money order, postal order, bankers drafts, or traveler checks, please request contributions payable to “Cross-Cultural Solutions” (“Cross-Cultural Solutions Canada” if paying in Canadian dollars). Be sure to include the complete mailing address of the sponsor, or make sure that the address of the sponsor is clearly designated on the payment. Your first and last name should be written on each payment (in the memo section). If you are fundraising with other volunteers, make sure that all volunteer names are mentioned in the memo section of each payment.
Contributions made by sponsors are 100% tax-deductible for U.S. residents only and are non-refundable. To ensure that sponsors receive a tax document for their contribution to CCS, all payments should be made payable to “Cross-Cultural Solutions.” If you are fundraising for airfare or incidentals, checks/money orders should be made payable to you; payments not applied to the program fee are not tax-deductible through CCS. Checks under US$1,000 made payable to the volunteer can be endorsed and sent directly to CCS. The check bearer is then eligible to receive a tax document for their contribution.
For sponsors paying in U.S. or Canadian Dollars, send contribution to:
Cross-Cultural Solutions
2 Clinton Place
New Rochelle, NY 10801
United States
For sponsors paying in GBP, send contribution to:
Cross-Cultural Solutions
Payment Processing Centre
Tower Point 44
North Road Brighton
BN1 1YR
United Kingdom
Cash
Cash is not accepted by CCS. If you receive a cash donation and you would like to apply it to your program fee, you are responsible for providing the funds in a form we can accept and you will be eligible for the tax deduction, not the original person who provided the cash donation.
Wire Transfer or BACS Transfers
Please contact the Finance Department at our headquarters in the U.S. to inquire about transferring funds. Please note that bank charges may apply for using this method.
Matching Gifts
You may also be able to take advantage of matching gift programs to help offset the costs of your program fee. Check our Matching gifts page for more information.
Stock Transfers
Please contact the Finance Department at our headquarters in the U.S. to inquire about Stock Donation Programs.
Tax Receipts (U.S. Only)
In the U.S., CCS is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Volunteer program fees and donations to CCS are 100% tax-deductible for people who file taxes in the U.S. If you have any questions regarding this, we recommend that you speak with your tax advisor.
Sponsors making contributions online, through myCCS or our website, in any amount will automatically receive a tax document via email. Sponsors that send contributions through the mail in the amount of US$200 or more will receive a tax document via mail to the address on the check. Sponsors making a contribution of less than US$200 can request a tax document by contacting the Finance Department.
If you would like all of your eligible sponsors to receive a tax document regardless of the contribution amount, please make the request through our Finance Department. For more information on what tax-deductibility means, please see our Fundraising FAQs page.
Keeping Track of Contributions Received
As you begin to receive contributions, it is important to keep a running total of the amount raised. Sponsors can choose whether or not they would like you to receive an automatic notification via email. You can also look at your current statement on myCCS for all payments made to your account. If you are collecting checks, we recommend that you send contributions to the CCS office as you receive them; this way they can be credited to your account and U.S. sponsors can receive their tax documents. This is preferable to sending in the payments all at once and will help you also manage your balance effectively.
To avoid fundraising over your program fee, when your program fee is almost paid in full, you may wish to advise sponsors to make contributions directly to you. However, please inform them that they may not receive a tax receipt for these contributions. Please Note: It is possible to endorse a check that is made payable to you if it is the equivalent of US$1,000 or less. In this case, be sure to sign the back of the check before sending it to CCS. The check bearer is then eligible to receive a tax document for their contribution.
