Gift Aid: If you are a
UK taxpayer a charity can claim a tax re-payment of 28%
from the government on your donation, at no extra cost
to you. By selecting 'Yes' above, you are confirming that
you wish the Charity to treat as a Gift Aid donation all
donations that you make from the date of this declaration.
And you are confirming that you have paid UK Income Tax
and/or Capital Gains Tax at least equal to the tax that
the charity will reclaim on this donation.
Tides Foundation is a duly registered public charity,
exempt from Federal income taxation under Sections 501(c)(3)
and 509(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. The charitable
and educational purposes of the Foundation are to promote
innovative philanthropic activity, nationally and internationally.
Tides foundation both makes grants to nonprofit organizations
and undertakes specific projects of interest to the Foundation.
Our principal areas of interest include: social justice,
community affairs, economic public policy and enterprise
development, international affairs, and environment. We
currently house over 300 philanthropic funds. All operations
and overhead are supported through our fee for service
arrangements.
The Global Support Fund (GSF) is a vehicle used by the
Tides Foundation to assist international charitable organizations,
which meet the exempt equivalency test to receive charitable
donations from the United States. Tides agrees to assume
the responsibility for determining that organizations
are operating for charitable and educational purposes
and fit within the issue areas of the Foundation.