Your donation to Maine Equal Justice supports effective policy solutions that are based on data, research, and legal proficiency, and are guided by directly impacted people. We need your investment to create lasting economic opportunity for all people in Maine.
Make a gift today to support our General Fund, which allows Maine Equal Justice to use funds where they are most needed, or to our Moxie Fund, which supports our Moxie Case Coach position on our legal services team.
You can donate securely online or send a check payable to Maine Equal Justice, 126 Sewall Street, Augusta, ME 04330. When you make an online donation, you can choose which fund to support and you can also choose to become a recurring donor. Thank you!
Our EIN is: 04-3346273
Maine Equal Justice welcomes gifts of securities to support our mission.
Please initiate a gift of stock by contacting Maine Equal Justice’s office, which will allow us to properly acknowledge and track your gift.
Receiving Brokerage Firm: Fidelity Investments
DTC# : 0226
Account #: 645-386220
Account Name: Maine Equal Justice
Help maintain a steady flow of dollars through the year by becoming a recurring donor. Contribute on our Donate Now page.
Use our Donate Now page to give in honor or memory of a loved one. We will notify the recipient or family member of your gift.
Giving to Maine Equal Justice through your workplace is an easy and efficient way to support our work to increase economic security, opportunity, and equity for all Maine people. Maine Equal Justice is a member of MaineShare, a community of more than 40 statewide nonprofit organizations working every day to make Maine a better place to live, work, and play. Through MaineShare, you can pledge a small amount to be automatically deducted from each paycheck.
MaineShare is offered in many workplaces in Maine— if yours is not one, contact Emily at 207-800-4621 or emily@mejp.org, and we can help you and your human resources representative easily establish a campaign.
You may also choose to designate your gift to Maine Equal Justice through the Maine State Employees Combined Charitable Appeal (MSECCA), the Combined Federal Campaign, and your local United Way.
Many employers will match your gift to Maine Equal Justice. If your employer has a matching gift program, just enclose their matching gifts form with your donation. We’ll do the rest.
Maine’s legal community can support the Campaign for Justice, a special effort to support legal aid organizations in Maine.
Upon turning age 70-1/2, one must begin withdrawing funds from certain retirement accounts according to IRS rules. Funds withdrawn from some types of retirement accounts are subject to state and federal income tax. Failure to withdraw the required amount can result in a 50 percent penalty on the funds not withdrawn.
The “IRA Charitable Rollover” (aka Qualified Charitable Distribution) allows a person age 70-1/2 or older to withdraw up to $100,000 from his or her retirement accounts and donate it to a nonprofit organization without incurring any income tax on the funds withdrawn.
Another option is to withdraw funds from the retirement account, pay the tax, and contribute the remaining funds to charity. This arrangement may result in a smaller gift to charity but may allow the donor to take a charitable income tax deduction.
Maine Equal Justice welcomes contributions from your Donor Advised Fund, established at Fidelity Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, Schwab Charitable, Maine Community Foundation, or others.
Including Maine Equal Justice in your estate plan can have a lasting impact for years to come. There are several ways to include us in your estate:
Leave a financial legacy for future generations. By including a bequest to Maine Equal Justice in your will, you help to ensure our work on behalf of people with low-income will continue.
There are several forms that this bequest can take:
A specific bequest:
“I devise and bequeath to Maine Equal Justice, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 126 Sewall Street, Augusta, Maine, 04330, the sum of $_______(or, _______% of my estate) to be used to support the charitable activities of Maine Equal Justice.”
A residuary bequest:
“I devise and bequeath to Maine Equal Justice, a nonprofit corporation currently located at 126 Sewall Street, Augusta, ME 04330, all (or specify _______%) of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate to be used to support the charitable activities of Maine Equal Justice.”
The Moxie Fund was created in Fall 2017 in honor of Chris Hastedt, Maine Equal Justice’s Co-founder, and Public Policy Director, to provide quality, effective direct assistance to people struggling to make ends meet AND to give someone who knows the challenges of poverty firsthand the opportunity to gain professional work experience and training in the field of legal advocacy.
People who have lived poverty know better than anyone else what the barriers are and what the solutions should look like. In that spirit, Maine Equal Justice has established the Moxie Fund and the Moxie Case Coach position.
The Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF) helped inspire the creation of the Moxie Fund when they named Chris as the first Dr. Wendy J. Wolf Health Leadership Award recipient in 2017. The award honored Chris’ exceptional leadership and achievements in promoting access to quality health care and improving the health of Maine people, particularly the uninsured and underserved. The award included a $10,000 grant to Maine Equal Justice that provided the seed money needed to create the Moxie Fund.
This opportunity will both strengthen the organization and provide valuable work and life experience to whomever holds the position. The Moxie Fund supports our Moxie Case Coach who provides direct legal assistance to people calling for help with public benefit programs. In honor of Chris' spirit and in support of this new opportunity at Maine Equal Justice, please consider making a gift today to support the Moxie Fund.
You can find our Fundraising and Donor Privacy Policy here.
For more information on any of these giving opportunities, please contact:
Emily Manter
Director of Donor Engagement
Maine Equal Justice
126 Sewall St.
Augusta, ME 04330
207-800-4621
emily@mejp.org
Maine Equal Justice focuses its work on many of the issues that affect people’s daily lives – access to adequate health care, housing, transportation and childcare; food and income security; and higher education and training. Maine Equal Justice is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization. Our EIN is 04-3346273.
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