Checkbook is supported 100% by members. We accept no advertising, referral fees, or kickbacks from businesses rated. Your gift will help us with our ongoing undercover price research on local services and our efforts to shine light on deceptive business practices in the marketplace.

Yes, Center for the Study of Services, the nonprofit that publishes Consumers' Checkbook, is a 501(c)3 organization (EIN 52-1000466) and contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. A receipt will be emailed to you, and it's also available at Checkbook.org under My Account and My Donations.

You can mail your contribution to the address below. Make sure to include your name and mailing address with your payment so that we may send you a receipt:
Consumers' Checkbook - Subscriber Services
1625 K Street NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006

You can update your payment method, change your monthly amount, or cancel your monthly donation at Checkbook.org under My Account and My Donations.

You can donate publicly traded stock to Consumers' Checkbook and potentially receive a charitable deduction equal to the stock's full fair market value if you itemize deductions.

Please provide the following information to your financial institution to initiate the transfer:

Brokerage: Charles Schwab
DTC number: 0164
Account Number: 8548-1430

Once we receive your transferred stock, we'll send you a tax-deductible receipt.

If you're 70 ½ and older, current tax law allows you to gift up to $108,000 annually from your individual retirement account to your favorite charities, including Consumers' Checkbook. If you file jointly, your spouse can also donate the maximum each year from their IRA.

You can make a qualified charitable distribution, or QCD, from the following IRAs: traditional, rollover, inherited, inactive SEP, and inactive SIMPLE.

Contact your retirement provider to initiate a distribution. Gifts should be made to Center for the Study of Services (EIN/Tax ID # 52-1000466) and mailed to our headquarters:

Consumers' Checkbook
1625 K Street NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006

You can call us at 888-596-0729 or email us at subscriptions@checkbook.org

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