Donation FAQs
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Grist receives support from readers, foundations, syndication partners, and advertisers.
Grist will be publishing its first-ever annual report at the close of its 2009 fiscal year, sometime in the early months of 2010. You can view our organizational profile at GuideStar, a national database of nonprofit organizations.
Your donation will directly support the publication of an award-winning, independent magazine devoted to environmental reporting that includes:
- Editorial content published each weekday, including in-depth investigative reporting, commentary, environmental advice, summaries of breaking news stories, Q&As with activists, book reviews, and lots more -- all free of charge;
- Coverage on all things environmental, from pollution to population, biodiversity to sustainable agriculture, energy to global climate change, environmental justice to environmental economics
- A top-notch team of editors and writers committed to covering environmental news with irreverence, intelligence, and a fresh perspective; and
- Well-respected and talented freelance reporters scattered the world 'round.
Grist is a federally recognized 501(c)(3) public charity; therefore, your contribution may be tax-deductible. Please check with your tax adviser to find out more.
Our Employer Identification Number is 06-1664153.
Grist works with PayPal to process your online donation.
In a word: yes. PayPal uses Secure Sockets Layer technology to encrypt all data submitted to and from our donations web page. SSL renders donors' personal information, including credit-card information, unreadable to any outsiders. SSL is supported by all major web browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. (To find out if your browser is connected to a secure transaction server, look for a locked gold padlock in the lower right-hand corner of your IE or Firefox browser.) Additionally, your personal information will be stored on PayPal's servers, which are heavily guarded, both physically and electronically. To further shield your credit card numbers, PayPal does not directly connect its firewall-protected servers to the internet.
Please direct questions to "Donation inquiry" on our contact page or call us at 206.876.2020 x221.
Yes, on our donations web page, you can schedule a monthly, quarterly, or yearly gift to Grist. In fact, we encourage it!
Please direct questions to "Donation inquiry" on our contact page or call us at 206.876.2020 x221.
Yes, you can choose either option from our online donations page or by including the information with your check or money order sent to Grist HQ.
Grist premium items are used exclusively as thank-you gifts in select fundraising appeals and are not currently available for sale.
Yes, the IRS recognizes Grist as a public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the tax code. Thanks for asking!
Yes, Grist has a stock brokerage account established to accept stocks or bonds. Please direct questions to "Accounting & HR questions" on our contact page or call 206.876.2020 x215 for DTC instructions.
No. Please see our Privacy Policy for assurances on how we use information collected on our website.