SCORE provides the local support necessary for entrepreneurs to build and strengthen the communities we each call home. More than 370,000 individuals or businesses turned to SCORE last year for assistance in helping to make the right business choices which, ultimately affect our neighborhoods and families.

The SCORE Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization.

Matching Gifts

Double or triple the dollar value of your gift to The SCORE Foundation by taking advantage of your company's matching gift program. Search for your current or previous employer listed on the Matching Gift Companies Sheet, or any of their divisions, subsidiaries or affiliated companies, to determine if you may be eligible to participate. If your company is not on the sheet, ask your employer if they have a matching gift program. Request a matching gift form from your company's matching gift officer to participate.

If your employer or parent company is listed, your gift to SCORE could be at least doubled. Please take a moment to get a matching gift form from you personnel office and follow the directions to initiate a match. Thank you for making the extra effort and for your support.

Tribute Gifts - The SCORE Tribute Program

SCORE volunteers provide some of the best volunteer service in America. You can honor that service through a tribute gift to SCORE. It's easy, simple and can be done online.

Consider honoring your favorite SCORE counselor , favorite SCORE client, friend or relative. Memorialize someone's life or celebarte a milestone, anniversary or birthday. Help make another dream become reality for a fellow American entrepreneur. Make an on line tribute gift NOW.

(List the occasion, name and address of the person(s) being honored in the comments section of the online form)

Or, you can download the Tribute Form (pdf) to mail in your donation.

Gifts of Stock

Giving a charitable gift of appreciated securities enables you to take advantage of tax savings with minimum cost. The SCORE Foundation is exempt from Federal income tax under the Internal Revenue Code 501 (c) (3). Our tax exemption number is 52-1962712.

Instructions to Transfer Stock that your broker holds for you:

1. Have your broker contact Mark Dobosz of the SCORE Foundation at 703-506-2015.
2. Your broker will be sent a Gift Authorization which contains the DTC number needed to make the transfer.
3. The SCORE Foundation will notify our brokerage firm, Bank of America of the impending transfer.
4. The SCORE Foundation will furnish you with the value of your gift upon receipt of the stock by our brokerage firm.

5. The SCORE Foundation will send you an acknowledgement of your gift along with a receipt.

Instructions to Transfer Stock Certificates not held by a brokerage firm:

1. Sign and complete a blank stock power and waiver provided by our brokerage firm, Bank of America. A copy of both forms can be obtained by calling Mark Dobosz at 703-506-2015; this should be mailed to the SCORE Foundation, Attention: Mark Dobosz, 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. Be sure to have your signature guaranteed by your bank. You can obtain blank stock powers from your local bank or brokerage firm.

2. The stock certificates should be mailed separately from the stock power to the SCORE Foundation, Attention: Mark Dobosz, 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. Together these two documents are negotiable. They are like endorsed checks and can be cashed by anyone. It is important to mail them separately. Due to the nature of the documents being mailed, we recommend that you send it via certified/registered/express mail.

3. The SCORE Foundation will deliver these to our brokerage firm. The SCORE Foundation will furnish you with the value of your gift. The effective date of the gift for this method is the date of the postmark.

4. The SCORE Foundation will send you an acknowledgement of your gift along with a receipt.

Instructions to Transfer Mutual Funds:

1. Mutual funds take longer to transfer because they have to be re-registered. Very often it can take three weeks or more to transfer. Be sure to begin the process at least one month before the end of the charitable gift year in which you want to make your gift.

2. Have your broker call Mark Dobosz of the SCORE Foundation at 703-506-2015 with these pieces of information:

a. Your name and address
b. Your broker’s name, telephone number and fax number.
c. The name of your mutual fund and the number of shares you wish to donate.
d. Your bank or broker will be given delivery instructions.
e. You will be asked to sign a letter detailing the number of shares. Be sure to have all share owners sign the letter and be sure to have your bank guarantee your signature.