Fuel Curiosity. Deliver Opportunity.
Your gift today empowers a student to explore their STEM potential, opening a world of possibility for their future.
When you give $96 or $8/month, you’re doing more than sponsoring a pen pal letter exchange. You’re:
- Opening a student’s eyes to careers they didn’t know existed
- Helping a student see how STEM professionals are whole people
- Providing a year of connection with a real scientist or engineer
- Helping build a more diverse, inclusive future in STEM
Thank you for being someone who takes action and helps deliver a letter that could change everything.
Ways To Give Beyond Cash.
We’re grateful for your generosity—and we want to make it as easy as possible for you to give in the way that works best for you. In addition to credit card and ACH, we also accept gifts via stock and DAFs!
You can recommend a gift directly from your Donor Advised Fund. Use the form to the right to quickly navigate to your DAF provider. Here’s the info you’ll need:
Tax ID (EIN): 83-0818098
Mailing address: 7901 Carroll Ave. Takoma Park, MD 20912
Donating appreciated securities is a tax-efficient way to support our work. We partner with Infinite Giving to accept stock gifts without any fees! All of your donation directly supports LPS.Â
Giving gifts of stock is easy. Click the button and complete our quick form, and we’ll email you stock transfer instructions for a broker-to-broker transfer. Here’s a how to video.
If you would rather not use this form, you can reach out to Infinite Giving directly for our DTC instructions at support@infinitegiving.com.
Donation FAQ's
Here are some questions we get asked often. If you have a different question, we’d love to help you make the most of your generosity.
Contact Lucy Madden, CEO @ Email: lucy.madden@prescientist.org | Phone: 301-873-0985
a. We provide the Letters to a Pre-Scientist pen pal program to schools in low-income communities at no cost. Funds support classroom materials such as stamps and envelopes.
b. Our program is run remotely to ensure we reach the students who need it most. Funds support online communication platforms.
c. We hold our program implementation to high standards. Funds support our Program Managers and training for STEM professionals and teachers.
d. Student and STEM professional data privacy is important to us. Funds support our secure database.
Pre-Scientist, Inc is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization. Our federal tax identification number is 83-0818098. As no goods or services have been provided in connection with this gift, the full amount is deductible to the fullest extent provided by law.
If you plan to support us with a donation of $500 or more, please consider mailing a check or making an ACH transfer to avoid credit card processing fees. Checks can be made out to Pre-Scientist, Inc and mailed to:
7901 Carroll Ave.
Takoma Park, MD 20912
We are always looking for mission aligned companies to support our pen pal program. If you think your company might want to sponsor a classroom, please download and send them this Sponsorship packet. You can also reach out to lucy.madden@prescientist.org with any questions!
Yes, donations are collected with Fundraise Up, who uses industry-standard SSL technology to keep your information secure. They partner with Stripe, the industry’s established payment provider trusted by some of the world’s largest companies. Your sensitive information never touches LPS or Fundraise Up’s servers. They send all data directly to Stripe’s PCI-compliant servers through SSL.
- Go to https://prescientist.donorsupport.co/login/ and enter the email you used when making your donation.
- Click ‘Get Login Link’.
- Open your email and click login in the email with the subject Login to Donor Portal.
- Click the settings gear to the right of your recurring donation, then click edit payment details.
- Make the edits and click confirm!