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Read To Me International
126 Queen Street, Suite 303
Honolulu, HI 96813
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Retirement Plan
Making a distribution to Read To Me International through a retirement plan, such as a traditional or Roth IRA, can also help lower income and taxes for those who are age 70½ and older. Contact your financial professional to discuss this option. Please call or email Read To Me International to tell us of your intent to donate through a retirement plan.
Donating Appreciated Stocks
There are favorable tax rules for donors who want to donate long-term stock (stock owned for longer than one year). Donors may be able to receive a tax deduction for the full fair market value of the stock on the date of the gift and may not need to pay capital gains on appreciated stock. Download and complete the stock donation form. The donation must be directly transferred to Read To Me International. Please call or email Read To Me International to tell us of your intent to donate through stock.
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Start your Amazon shopping through one of the special links in the “Some of Our Favorite Books” section here or the Resources page here. Every purchase you make during your session (even if it isn’t the book you originally clicked on) will earn a donation from Amazon of up to 5% of your purchase.
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AmazonSmile is a program that donates 0.5% of your eligible purchases on Amazon to a charity of your choice. All you need to do is start your shopping at https://smile.amazon.com/. You can choose Read To Me International from the charity list here. and a donation will be made at no extra cost to you.
Read To Me International is a 501(c)(3) organization. You may contact us at (808) 955-7600 or read@readtomeintl.org. Disclaimer: Read To Me International does not provide tax, financial, or legal advice. Please consult a financial professional.
Mahalo to our Fiscal Year 2021 donors!
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