Donating Securities to Hands at Work

Is simple and helps us build resilience in vulnerable children, families and communities across Africa. 

Donating securities — including stocks, bonds, or mutual funds — is a tax-efficient way to give now to support Hands at Work in Africa (Canada) Society. Since gifts of securities come from assets rather than income, they receive a more favourable tax treatment.

Gifts of securities are a simple and efficient way to make a substantial gift to the ministry for its use now, while at the same time decreasing your out-of-pocket expense.

If you sell securities privately, you are taxed on 50% of the capital gains. However, if you gift securities directly to charity, you pay no tax on the capital gains while also receiving a donation tax receipt for the full market value of the securities. This means that the gifting of securities which have appreciated in value is a much more tax-efficient way to give to the charity than selling the securities yourself and then donating the cash.

Donate securities to Hands at Work via CanadaHelps by clicking the button below.

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