General Donations

Making a Donation for our General Operating Costs

There are many expenses involved in keeping a facility such as The Owl Foundation running. They include wages for our employees, repairs and maintenance of cages and buildings, road work, tree work, travel costs, utilities, property taxes, supplies of many kinds, equipment purchases, veterinary and other professional services, etc.

	When you make a donation to The Owl Foundation:

·	you help give sick, injured and orphaned raptors the best chance for recovery and return to the wild
·	you help us build and maintain aviaries that provide recovering birds and unreleaseable residents with conditions suited to their needs and abilities
·	you help us to educate people about owls and other birds of prey and about the hazards that humans have created for wildlife
·	you will be eligible to request an invitation to our annual donor tour if you donate $50 or more
·	you will receive a copy of our latest newsletter

Some of the ways you can make your donation:
Use e-transfer: You can use your financial institution's online e-transfer service to send money to us, using owlmail@sympatico.ca as the send-to address. This is a good way to donate because it is simple and the fee you pay to do this is very low (usually $1 or less), much lower than the fees that the recipient of a credit card payment is charged when a credit card is used to pay. If you do an e-transfer to us, please also send us an email at owlmail@sympatico.ca, saying that you have sent an e-transfer and giving your name and postal address and any other instructions you have. Per Revenue Canada rules, we can provide a tax receipt only if we have your name and postal address.
Use Canada Helps: You can use Canada Helps, an organization that provides non-profit groups with an online donation service, for a fee that in most cases is 4% of each donation. Your tax receipt will come from Canada Helps and will be for the full amount you donate. Canada Helps subtracts their fee and passes the remainder of your donation to The Owl Foundation. For a large donation, we don't recommend using Canada Helps, or any other credit card based method, due to the fees. With Canada Helps, you can choose to donate monthly or give a one-time donation. To make a donation through Canada Helps, just click on the link below.

Use our donation form: You can download and print our donor form and check the box entitled "General Donation". Enter your name, address and other information and send the completed form, and a cheque if paying by cheque, to:

The Owl Foundation
4117 21st Street
Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0

After we receive and process your donation:

· an income tax receipt will be mailed to you at the address you provide, if you donate more than $10.
· you will be eligible to request a personal invitation to our next annual donor tour, if you donate $50 or more.