Support Our Community

Donating to Manna is a powerful way to make a difference in the lives of those in need. Your tax-exempt gift not only provides essential resources and meals but also strengthens the fabric of our community. Each contribution helps ensure that individuals facing food insecurity receive the support they need to thrive. By choosing to donate, you become a vital part of a compassionate effort to uplift and transform lives.

JOIN THE LUNCH CLUB

Supporting Manna Community Kitchen through ongoing, monthly donations is one of the most impactful ways you can contribute to our mission. By becoming a member of the Lunch Club, you help ensure that we can continue to provide nutritious meals and vital services to those in need throughout the year. You can make a donation online below or mail a check to Manna 48 Elm St. Northampton, MA 01060.

Thank You!

ONE-TIME DONATIONS

  • $25

    Provide Meals:
    This donation amount can fund approximately 7 meals at Manna, ensuring that individuals receive a nutritious meal complete with a salad, side of fruit, and a protein.

  • $50

    Support Meal Delivery: A $50 donation can help cover the cost of delivering 15 meals to those who are unable to visit us in person, providing them with essential nutrition and care.

  • $150

    Nourish our Neighbors:

    This generous $150 contribution can provide four days' worth of nourishing, healthy produce, like salad or a side of fruit, for our guests at Manna.

  • $500

    Feeding our Entire Dining Room: With this contribution of $500, we could provide meals for our entire sit-down community meal, ensuring everyone enjoys a nourishing experience.

  • Choose your own amount

    Transformative Change: Every donation to our organization, regardless of size, helps Manna continue to provide essential services and resources to our community.

FAQs

  • Yes, Manna Soup Kitchen Inc. 48 Elm St., Northampton MA is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization and your donation is tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. EIN# is 33-1064237

  • Use your bank’s “Bill Pay” feature to designate Manna as the payee and schedule a one-time or recurring transfer of funds for a certain amount. Your bank actually sends us a check by mail and we then process it just like any other check we receive during the week.

  • Charitable contributions of stocks, bonds, and other appreciated securities may provide you a maximum tax benefit. Typically deductible at the market value on the date gifted, your contribution of securities allows you to avoid capital gains tax on any appreciation.

  • Life insurance is a great vehicle to use in making a planned gift. Naming Manna as a beneficiary assures that an intended amount (or percentage) of money will go to Manna. As long as the premium is paid up, the face amount will be paid. Insurance can be beneficial to donors with large estates (and trusts) who wish to protect their assets for family and charity.

  • Your retirement assets, accumulated over many years and invested in tax-deferred accounts, could ultimately be a large portion of your estate. You may wish to explore the benefit of designating Manna as a primary or secondary (after your spouse) beneficiary on your retirement plans.

EVEN MORE WAYS TO HELP

Employer matching gifts

Many public and private companies match their employees’ contributions to non-profits. Checking with your employer could double or even triple the value of your gift to us. Contact us here for more information.

In addition to being the most common form of planned giving, a bequest to Manna helps to insure our future without affecting your current personal finances. Donors have many options in determining how to leave a bequest to provide for maximum estate tax charitable deductions and benefit to Manna. Bequests to Manna can take several forms: an outright monetary bequest; a percentage of an estate; a specific asset, such as personal or real property; a trust created in a will; a contingent beneficiary, i.e., Manna receives the assets if there are no surviving beneficiaries. Contact us here for more information.

Planned giving

Manna occasionally accepts large donations of food that can be used to supplement the preparation of a community meal. Unfortnately we are unable to accept consumer-sized canned, bagged, or other non-perishable goods. If you are interested in making a large-scale food donation, please contact us here .

Food donations

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