HOW TO GIVE

AFTER MAKING MY PLEDGE
 

I’VE MADE MY PLEDGE – HOW DO I GIVE? 

Thank you for making a commitment to support YOUR CHURCH with a generous monthly gift.  The next step is to set-up your monthly giving.  Please review the following options to give electronically if that’s how you would like to give. You also have alternative options, below.  Please scroll down to OTHER WAYS TO GIVE if you do not want to give electronically.

1)   ONLINE GIVING  – click this link to set up your regular giving right here on the website. 

2)  ON THE MARINERS APP – click on the heart-shaped GIVE icon at the bottom of the app’s front page and that will take you to the mobile version of the GIVE page where you can set-up your recurring or one-time giving.

3) Text MARINERSCC to “77977” and you will receive a link to our on-line giving page.

Please note: While you have the option to use a credit card for your giving, we discourage going into debt to contribute to Mariners Church.

OTHER WAYS TO GIVE

Schedule recurring gifts through your banking institution

Mail your monthly contribution to:
MARINER COMMUNITY CHURCH
100 Stone Pine Rd., Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

GIVE IN PERSON:
Place your check or cash donation in the collections bucket each Sunday

Designated Giving

Please select GENERAL FUND is you wish to contribute to the church’s general support and ministries. Donations made to this fund and other specific funds that are referenced on the pull-down menu of the GIVE form are tax-deductible.  According to IRS guidelines, such gifts remain under the jurisdiction and control of MCC. However, if you have any questions or concerns about gift deductibility, please consult your tax advisor.

 

Non-contribution issues

Checks received by Mariners Church as payments where goods or services are received by the donor are not contributions and not tax deductible per the IRS. Examples are camps and retreats, curriculum fees for classes, purchase of shirts, book purchases, event tickets, etc.  If you have any questions regarding these issues, please feel free to contact us at 650 726-5959.

 

Receipts

To deduct any charitable donation of money on your tax return, regardless of amount, the IRS requires that a donor have either a bank record or written communication from the charity. Bank records include canceled checks, bank or credit union statements, and credit card statements.  For any single contribution over $250, the donor must have written acknowledgement from the charity. MCC will assist those who have donated a total of $200 or more to the church during a calendar year by mailing contribution statements in January of the following year.  Please do not file your income taxes until you have received this statement.  If you have given less than $200, your bank records are sufficient for the IRS.  However, if you would still like a statement from MCC, you may call and request one be sent.  MCC posts all contributions to individual accounts (excluding cash contributions where the donor is unknown) and this information is available to you at any time on your myMCC profile. 

Please note, IRS guidelines do change from time to time, it is best to consult your tax advisor with any questions or concerns about your gift deductibility.  

 

Year of deductibility for year-end contributions

The IRS states that contributions are deductible in the year made. Checks will count as a 2025 contribution as long as they are mailed in 2025 and clear shortly thereafter. Donations made online or charged to a credit card will count as a 2025 contribution as long as they are charged in 2025.  At MCC we will follow these guidelines as we want to have full integrity regarding the timeliness and cut-off of year-end contributions. 

Examples:

1) A check written in December 2024 but deposited in the church offering in January 2025 will be a year 2025 contribution. A check written and deposited in the offering in January 2025 but dated in December 2024 will be a year 2025 contribution.

2) A check written and mailed in December 2024 and postmarked in 2024 but not received until January 2025 is a year 2024 contribution.

3) A check written and deposited in the mail in December 2024 but not postmarked until January 2025 and not received by the church until January 2025 will be a year 2025 contribution.

4) Credit card contributions charged before the end of 2024 count for 2024, even if the credit card bill isn’t paid until 2025

5) Online contributions initiated in 2024 but not scheduled for payment until 2025 are 2025 contributions.