Checks should be made out to Headwaters Foundation for Justice. 

Mail all checks to: 

Headwaters Foundation for Justice 
2801 21st Ave. S, Suite 132B 
Minneapolis, MN 55407 

Headwaters deposits checks weekly.   

By gifting appreciated securities that you have held for over a year, you can take a tax deduction for the full market value of the appreciated stock, bonds, or other kinds of securities without an obligation to pay capital gains taxes. 

Here's the key information you'll need to make a transfer: 

Brokerage Firm: Schwab 
DTC Number: 0164, Code 40 
FBO Headwaters Foundation for Justice 
Account Number:  5519-0480 

Headwaters Tax ID Number: 36-3359386 

Important: Gifts of stocks/bonds are commonly transferred without identifying any donor information. Please contact the HFJ development team in advance of your transfer to provide your stock information and to ensure the Headwaters development team can directly acknowledge the gift and provide a tax receipt.

Email development@headwatersfoundation.org

Many companies encourage employees to support the causes they care about by matching their charitable donations. Ask your human resources office if they offer employer matching gifts to increase the impact of your gift to Headwaters.

Some local companies that offer employee donation matching programs include:

• 3M – up to $1K
• Best Buy – up to $3K
• Cargill – up to $1K
• General Mills – up to $1.5K
• Medtronic – up to $5K
• UnitedHealth Group – up to $15K

Follow your employer’s instructions to fill out their matching gift form. Let us know if we can be helpful in the process.

Thanks, in advance, for making an extra effort to maximize your giving!

Crowdsourced fundraising (e.g. Facebook fundraisers) can be a powerful way to share information about issues you are passionate about while inviting your network of friends and family to donate to Headwaters.

If you are thinking about setting up a crowdsourced fundraiser for Headwaters, we have a few recommendations that will keep you values-aligned and connected to our vision of radical, relational philanthropy.

Click here to learn more about how to set up a values-aligned fundraiser and get connected to the HFJ development team!

Legacy gifts, planned giving, or estate planning are all terms that encompass donations that live on after you—this could include you writing Headwaters into your will, trusts, retirement plans, and life insurance policies. These are all ideal ways to ensure that Headwaters has the resources we need to sustain our financial support of the organizing movements here in Minnesota. It’s a way to make your mark and to ensure the legacy you leave is one rooted in justice.  

Please get the advice of your tax or legal counsel first and contact the HFJ development team with questions and to inform us of your plans.

Email development@headwatersfoundation.org

Donor advised funds are personal charitable accounts held at Headwaters that allow donors with wealth to make direct grant recommendations to local or national nonprofit organizations. Contributions to the accounts are tax-deductible, and grants can be recommended from the fund by the donor at any time throughout the year. There are no legal costs to establish a fund. 

Headwaters hosts around two dozen donor advised funds (DAFs) with values-aligned donors and families and we have a nontraditional approach to the work. We encourage the redistribution of wealth and power through our DAF programming.

Click here to learn more about establishing a DAF at Headwaters.

For questions about making a gift to Headwaters, please contact the HFJ development team at development@headwatersfoundation.org